Sentence examples for inability to temper from inspiring English sources

The ache for a life familiar; the fresh bruises of homelessness and hunger; the guilt from abandoning relatives; the inability to temper one's otherness — this is Saladin's shadow, the truths that steal refuge from the refugee, that trail like "a dim, dull friend".

Inability to temper this organ with age would have created a burden that our aging forebears could often not afford.

Those concerned with his welfare have to learn to temper their emotional needs round his autistic inability to compromise.

Dick Cheney never wanted to temper anything, including his temper.

"You try to temper him," he added.

"He just needs to temper his enthusiasm.

I had learned to temper chocolate.

Ibn Hayyim described different binder mixtures to temper different colours23 [18].

And that's forcing entrepreneurs to temper their own expectations.

Most of us learn to temper this greed with love.

I tried to temper their expectations.