bad-tempered
Example Sentences
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He chose that particular name because “it conjured up someone old-fashioned and bad-tempered lamenting the state of the world through the window of a London club while clutching his glass of port.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Snook is best known for her role in Succession as Shiv Roy, one of four children battling for control of their bad-tempered father Logan Roy's media empire.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024
In Nigeria, for example, a small and bad-tempered snake called the West African carpet viper is responsible for most of the country's bites.
From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2023
The game began innocuously enough but became increasingly bad-tempered, with the home side angered at having to replace goalkeeper Christian Abbiati following a clash with Crouch in the box.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2023
The black dog had never been friendly, never asked for anything, just stood between Zeke and his mother like a bad-tempered bodyguard.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
