Sentence examples for it was tempered from inspiring English sources

Liberals argued that the capitalist system could not survive its internal or external threats unless it was tempered and constrained by government regulation.

The G37 may inspire a measure of lust at first sight, but my ardor for it was tempered by the realities of its spec sheet.

"But it was tempered with ambivalence.

But it was tempered by the sad sense that sometimes, things don't work out.

It was the kind of utopianism that seeped even into the French Revolution, though it was tempered by the guillotine.

It's seriously forceful, tart and pungent, the way Dijon mustard used to be before it was tempered for global tastes.

Last week Britain's second-biggest bank announced it was tempering the grandiose ambitions of its investment bank, NatWest Markets.

It's tempered glass.

It is tempered and classic-sounding.

Now the optimism is back, but it is tempered.

More often, though, it is tempered with hard-headed skepticism.