Sentence examples for needed to temper from inspiring English sources

Did they feel the needed to temper a Disney reference with a News Corp trademark?

I needed to temper my dad's enthusiasm a bit, and so I announced that I would be majoring in patricide.

Reflecting on his first year, the governor said — not for the first time — that he knew he needed to temper his zeal with diplomacy.

Mr. Osborne also needed to temper his criticism because the caps are part of a legislative package that included something his government favors: tougher rules about how much capital European banks most hold in reserve to protect against losses.

Peter C. Rosato Hilton Head Island, S.C., Aug. 25, 2010 To the Editor: While there is much admirable about Thomas L. Friedman's column about education reform, a dissenting voice from the trenches is needed to temper some of the current education hype so in fashion these days.

Although this falls far short of expectations, and of what is needed to temper climate change, the scenario requires very demanding measures, such as a 70%% increase in nuclear power and 60%% more hydropower (think of the civil engineering).

"He just needs to temper his enthusiasm.

After leaving them alone, arguably for too long, it needs to temper their tax privileges cautiously.

"But investors need to temper that because considerable issues with the finances remain unchanged".

"One needs to temper the sense that we are making a medical advance with the extraordinary emotional stresses in these families," Dr. Offit said.

So the government needs to temper its enthusiasm for universal child care and working mothers.And what about targeting children whose parents are too poor, too feckless or too drugged to give them a decent upbringing?