Even his jokes had a habit of sounding like pomposity or bad temper to those who did not know him.
Or was it DI Lindsay Denton – a woman who, we know, has a temper, whose relationship with Dryden came to a bitter end and who recently terminated a pregnancy, presumably on his orders?
In adolescence, this national love affair with Italy conflicted rather eccentrically with a secret aspiration to temper and anglicise my innately Latin character.
She saw herself as the custodian of the government's covenant, direction, tempo and temper – its quality controller, as well as leader.
I can't concentrate on my work or stop eating cheeseburgers or contain my temper in peak moments of stress.
Losing my temper with Alastair Campbell in the aftermath of the 2010 election: he argued it was not in the national interest for Gordon Brown to resign immediately.
Cameron oscillates at prime minister's questions between showing great courtesy to backbench MPs and suddenly displaying a fierce temper, for instance describing Ed Balls last month as one of the most annoying politicians in Westminster.
A senior member of the order made a submission to the inquiry acknowledging that an individual sister or common staff member, having worked long hours with children from troubled backgrounds, may have lost her temper and acted inappropriately.
But it's possible that DGA winner Alejandro González Iñárritu or Brit-crush Wes Anderson might temper Boyhood's winning streak.
In their detailed portrait of the prime minister at work and leisure, the authors also detail how Cameron maintains an even temper when infuriated by pen-clicking, phone checking and transport delays.
Walsh's assurances in the Irish Republic's capital did nothing to temper stormy scenes in the Dáil, where opposition politicians accused the Fine Gael-Labour coalition of seeking to "ram through" the sale without consulting parliament.
