Sentence examples for temper dropped from inspiring English sources

In the sleepy days of August, Mr. Fischer's evocative fit of bad temper dropped into the pool of literary London like a stone, reverberating on the pages of other newspapers, in the e-mail messages of rival authors and even in the deliberations of the judges for the Man Booker Prize, Britain's top literary award.

Meals are served alfresco on a repurposed sheet of tempered glass, dropped on four oak trunks.

When we lose our tempers and drop the F-bomb on someone who angers us, that F-bomb really is a bomb.

But as night fell, the temperatures dropped as tempers flared, threatening to break the will of the occupying protesters.

We try to temper it because if we dropped the walking rule entirely it would put people off - they wouldn't be able to keep up".

We prepared to make allowances for first-night nerves, dropped vegetables, and outbreaks of temper, but none was forthcoming.

His serving power dropped, his movement grew increasingly stiff and pained, his temper shortened to the point of combustion.

But the news was tempered by the fact that the number of minorities chosen had dropped by more than half from last year's total, from 175 to 76.

I suppose all this must have eventually dropped away as people got jobs, formed long-term relationships, tempered their political convictions.

He charged a base hit, dropped it, tried to pick it up again and dropped it, before his temper finally overcame him and a frustrated O'Neill punted the ball -- incredibly, right to the cutoff man.

He interviewed the chefs and lets the audience see what goes on as dabs of sauce are dropped with precision on a lineup of plates and, occasionally, as a chef loses his temper (and only the male chefs do).