Sentence examples for irritable temper from inspiring English sources
Bragg was unable to overlook perceived slights or failures, and his lack of tact and irritable temper prevented him from developing loyalty among his subordinates.
His only fault, or the only one which tradition tells of, was an extremely irritable temper, which, when aroused, expressed itself in the strongest terms he could command, mingled with no little profanity.
"Since people are more irritable and tempers are shorter, there is more verbal abuse," said Clinton, who noted that the number of domestic violence calls to police rises along with the temperature.
A bit more surprising was the fact that over 20% of participants reported feeling more irritable and short tempered after episodes of neutropenia.
Back in the parking lot, the old man, his paper hat once again titled on his head -- this tempers his irritable demeanor with a jaunty 1950's air -- guides us from the narrow space.
As conceived by Peter Stone, who wrote the book (Sherman Edwards wrote the music and lyrics), Adams is irritable and irritating, but ultimately irresistible; decades before Mr. McCullough wrote his biography, Mr. Stone had captured the vitality, passion and humor that made Adams's hot temper and vanity endearing.
Among the flashpoints: Asperger's disorder will be folded into autism spectrum disorder; grief will no longer exempt someone from a diagnosis of depression; irritable children who throw frequent temper tantrums can be diagnosed with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.
Hamilton's adversary, Thomas Jefferson, echoed this appraisal of Washington's nature: "His temper was naturally irritable and high-toned, but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendancy over it.
The participants felt that a patient was unlikely to admit to being unreasonable, and that this type of emotion would be sufficiently covered by the items about feeling irritable and losing one's temper.
People who are irritable are impatient, lose their tempers easily, are grouchy, and let unimportant irritations bother them.
