Sentence examples for temper excess from inspiring English sources

He refrained from giving me advice I did not request, and (at least to me in person) seemed to want me not to be just like him but to be myself and make whatever mistakes of judgment, temper, excess I seemed determined to make, but then was the same toward me when the dust had settled.

The power to dispense official mercy was given to New York governors by the State Constitution in 1777, a way to temper excesses in the justice system.

But he has also learned to temper his excess.

The Escalade Hybrid offers all the same flash but tries to temper the excess with a dash of environmental chic.

Betting on the Republican establishment to temper these excesses is a bad bet.

The founders of the United States didn't set out to temper the excesses of a monarchy; they sought to supplant it.

Looking to the "competitiveness guru" Michael E. Porter for ideological inspiration and policy guidance exposes the agenda of conservatives who wish to retain our free-wheeling, laissez-faire economy, but only temper its excesses and put Band-Aids on its inherent shortcomings.

But the temporary exile served to temper the excesses and expectations that come from instant success.

Indeed, it was the Crown which later tempered the excesses of courts martial wielding the power of capital punishment.

The Liberal Democrat record in government of tempering Tory excesses when it comes to immigration policy is commendable, and no doubt Vince Cable will go on resisting lurches to the right by his Conservative colleagues.

In this way, landscape artists can play an important role in tempering human excesses and changing bad habits.