choler

Example Sentences

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Throughout Seçkin’s debut, Sibel fixates on the ancient notion of the body’s four humors — blood, phlegm, black bile and choler — as a means of self-diagnosis for a persistent headache.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2022

Watson is in a perpetual state of stiff-necked choler tinged with snobbery — “I am better educated, more wealthy and stronger than you are,” he tells Bea, who is unmoved.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2021

Rockin’ the Suburbs offered no respite as it detailed the silent, hopeless choler of the human trash heap.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2015

Drury’s analysis of “The Collar” — its title a triple pun on collar, choler and caller — reveals both the strength and weakness of his book.

From Washington Post

And over time he worked himself into a choler of self-righteous indignation that was impossible to keep bottled up.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer