bad-tempered

Example Sentences

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He was bad-tempered in his previous match but here he was serene as he savoured the return of fans in Rome.

From BBC

Making sure that Earwig comes across as a young heroine with devious intentions to bend adults to her will and not a helpless victim of her bad-tempered caretakers, is one of Miyazaki’s successes here.

From Los Angeles Times

Jürgen Klopp is too busy, bothered and generally bad-tempered these days to play silly games with selection just to prove a point.

From The Guardian

Donald Tusk, a former European Council president and Polish prime minister, compared Trump with the leader of Poland’s right-wing ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, because they “behave like the most bad-tempered brats in a sandbox.”

From Seattle Times

This most divisive, bad-tempered election might not seem fertile ground for optimism.

From The Guardian