Sentence examples for became tempered from inspiring English sources

However, for all three streams, aspirations for complete sovereignty became tempered by realpolitik, and the realisation that any regime has a relatively low chance of survival without Washington's blessing.

Recently, however, many of those criticisms have become tempered.

I would like to believe that this new response will become tempered over time.

One measure of the impact of his death is how swiftly that dream has become tempered.

Longer term ambitions – tackling inequality, climate change, pursuing sustainability – become tempered or even abandoned in the dash for cash.

Even with 40 years' experience, they never go away; at best, they become tempered with a bit of perspective.

Young people can have a greater sense of adventure, less of a filter, and a passion for life and a belief in life's endless possibilities that can become tempered over the years.

The Cowboys' job then became to temper that spontaneity and persuade Romo to stick with the program more often than not.

The second half became increasing bad tempered.

All the goals came in the first half and the match became increasingly bad tempered as Gabon wasted time late on.

By 1912 he had been retired from active stud duty and become extremely bad tempered: one writer said that the old stallion had "worn himself out with his restlessness and peevishness".