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• The fervour of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.From the entry mellow
• Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system.From the entry temper
• Chocolate pistoles from the manufacturer work best, as they arrive tempered and are uniform in size.2017, R. Andrew Chlebana, The Advanced Art of Baking & Pastry, Wiley, →ISBN, page 430. From the entry pistole
• The microstructure shows tempered martensite and bands of ferrite, associated with corrosion cracks.2003, Alan R. Williams, The Knight and the Blast Furnace: A History of the Metallurgy of Armour in the Middle Ages & the Early Modern…. From the entry manifer
• Ghiaurov tempered his glowering bass with a few adroit comic touches.1994 March 17, Alex Ross, “Review/Music; New Singers in 'Barber'”, in The New York Times. From the entry Rasputinesque
• Throughout American higher education, Western Civilization courses tempered electives and various Chinese menus of distribution requirements.1994, Philip G. Altbach, Robert Oliver Berdahl, Patricia J. Gumport, Higher education in American society. From the entry Chinese menu
• As much as possible, even under threat, mana should be tempered with aroha.1986, Joan Metge, In and Out of Touch: Whakamaa in Cross Cultural Context, →ISBN, page 124. From the entry aroha
• Outwardly the first strain of parting was tempered by the arrival of Miss Mellins, Mrs.1916, Edith Wharton, The Bunner Sisters. From the entry ungarland
• Tempered by sea breezes, Anping during the summer months can boast of a cool climate.1900, European Settlements in the Far East, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, →OCLC, page 39. From the entry Anping
• There are many other situations where the zeal with which the linguist identifies morphemes has to be tempered.2018, Francis Katamba, “Morphology: Word Structure”, in Jonathan Culpeper et al., editors, English Language: Description, Variation and…. From the entry cranberry word
• Structures that have been precipitation hardened to peak values may overage, and steels that have been hardened and tempered may overtemper.2013, Mahmoud M. Farag, Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design, →ISBN. From the entry overage
• Compared to other modern languages, C is much less forgiving, much more terse, and generally much more ill tempered.2012, John Ray, William Ray, Sams Teach Yourself Xcode 4 in 24 Hours, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 314. From the entry bare metal
• Women screamed as Jardir's men tempered them in another fashion.2010, Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear: Book Two of The Demon Cycle. From the entry speartip
• Every turn, every spiral, every extension eventually has to be tempered by a counterturn, a counterspiral, or a flexion; sometimes strong, sometimes subtle.2010, Richard Freeman, The Mirror of Yoga. From the entry counterturn
• The disciples were proud, blundersome, quick tempered, forgetful, easily provoked to jealousy, sensitive, and often given to discouragement; but Jesus never condemned or scolded them.2007, Edward John Carnell, A Philosophy of the Christian Religion - Page 436. From the entry blundersome
• The white heat of events tempered these new political ideas, allowing the magistrates and others to forge them into a coherent alternative ideology.1995 September 28, James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 248. From the entry white heat
• This is exciting, high-strung, Horowitzian pianism that is tempered by unfailing good taste, tonal subtlety, and a true sense of Lisztian style.1991, The American record guide, volume 54, numbers 1-3. From the entry Horowitzian
• Midler's self-pleasure in the merriment and mesmerism she can muster is nicely tempered by her ability to laugh at and with herself.1983 April 9, Walta Borawski, “Midler in Boston”, in Gay Community News, page 12. From the entry self-pleasure
• The cliché is not untrue, but, like all generalisations, it distorts reality so that overly simplistic judgments have to be tempered by a few qualifications.Jacques Lambert (1967), Latin America: Social Structure and Political Institutions, University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 107–. From the entry simplistic
• His fervour tempered her resistance appreciably.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 122. From the entry appreciably
• Over his prostrate body we ambled, the ill - tempered little beast naggling at its bit, and doing his utmost to unseat me .1922, Walter De la Mare, Memoirs of a Midget, page 377. From the entry naggle
• The Kuomintang holds itself out as the democratic party, and its support of the President will be tempered by the path his future actions take.1912 September 7, “The Passing of the Tungmenghui”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CIV, number 2352…. From the entry Kuomintang
• In this paper we introduce a new class of ultrafunctions, called tempered ultrafunctions, which are somewhat related to the tem- pered distributions and present some interesting peculiarities..2015, Vieri Benci, “Tempered ultrafunctions”, in arXiv. From the entry ultrafunctions
• Each valve or valve combination forms its own natural harmonic series; however, every valve instrument is by nature out of tune with the equal tempered scale.2009, Mark C. Ely, Amy E. Van Deuren, Wind Talk for Brass, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry natural harmonic
• His head was still fine and trigly mustached, although grizzled, with the square bold cut of the man of adventure, tempered by the painter's considering eye.1997, Rose Cecil O'Neill, Miriam Forman-Brunell, The Story of Rose O'Neill: An Autobiography, page 83. From the entry trigly
• The tempered blocks are broken by an extructor, pass through a grinder, and are delivered in stainless steel bins by lift trucks to the preliminary blending system.1974, Food Engineering - Volume 46, page 4. From the entry extructor
• Despite the antipower outlook that pervaded American culture, Presidents, beginning with Washington, felt that their conscience, tempered by the advice of their associates, must be their main guide.1968, Doris Appel Graber, Public opinion, the President, and foreign policy. From the entry antipower
• I was even less impressed to read that this moronic feat was tempered by a meal of bread and water and terminated by an eating marathon at the local burgeria.1974 December 16, G. Glockling, “Misguided group”, in The Citizen, 132nd year, number 141. From the entry burgeria
• Over night from chaperon of a nasty tempered cavalry horse to breakfastmate of the colonel of the regiment, is Sergeant Bill Gray’s record in “Twenty-three and a Half Hours’ Leave.”1919 November 14, “The Screen”, in The Evening Nonpareil, volume XIV, number 167, Council Bluffs, Ia., page 8, column 3. From the entry breakfastmate

Meaning of tempered

1. adjective Having a specified disposition or temper.
2. adjective Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
3. adjective Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.

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How do you use tempered in a sentence?

Tempered is used as an adjective. For example: “The fervour of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.”

What is a short sentence with tempered?

“His fervour tempered her resistance appreciably.”

What does tempered mean?

Tempered means having a specified disposition or temper.