Sentence examples for who tempered from inspiring English sources

Next, Pirelli commissioned Mario Sorrenti, who tempered his full-on nudity with a raft of artistic illusion.

For his seventy years of public life, Peres was famous as a man who tempered his views to accommodate shifts in political power.

"This was an outstanding and really significant performance," said the Liverpool manager, who tempered talk of the title with the inevitable one-game-at-a-time mantra.

Yet some diehards insist Pixies just aren't Pixies without Kim Deal, the smiling indie-auntie figurehead who tempered Frank Black's maniacal barks and Joey Santiago's snake-wrestling riffs with melodic bass-lines and cheerleader harmonies, the honey glaze on a raw offal delicacy.

- Murray, emulating Pat Cash when he became Wimbledon champion in 1987, scaled the stands to make his way into the box reserved for friends and family, where he embraced girlfriend, father, coaches and, finally, his mother, the indomitable Judy, who tempered the metal from which the gold was made.

The Tories' erstwhile coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats — who tempered plans to expand digital surveillance powers via what critics dubbed a Snoopers' Charter — have been pushed aside and reduced to a rump of just eight MPs.

John Paul is an intense man, but one who tempers his seriousness with frequent jokes.

Only those who temper their cynicism with humanity are going to become Mark Twain.

Sharing the bill is Ben Kweller, another charming young heart-barer, who tempers his emotiveness with a nice dash of goofiness.

There are compelling figures: William Seward, his secretary of state and shrewd political confidant; Thaddeus Stevens, the fiery abolitionist who tempers his principles to achieve the legislative goal, and craven and cowardly congressmen.

Old-time sheikhs and graduates schooled in Salafi pietism (who seek to emulate the behaviour of the Prophet's comrades) have teamed up with Muslim Brothers who temper their enthusiasm for sharia law with pragmatism in their dealings with non-Muslim people and governments.The jihadists take a more rigid line, saying they will tolerate anything as long as it does not conflict with Islam.