good-tempered
Example Sentences
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“I am looking forward to being part of what sounds like a very good-tempered, positive experience, not marching against something, but marching for something.”
From Science Magazine • Apr. 20, 2017
It is Maddon’s job to tutor and temper this bunch like a good-tempered Dr. Freud.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2016
“In person, he’s very charming, teasing and joking, though sometimes he’s less good-tempered in print.”
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2013
The Wind in the Willows is built around these two eminently reasonable animals, who, like human beings before the Fall, manage to be good-tempered and highly civilized without ever missing a chance to enjoy themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had no doubt of Harriet’s happiness with any good-tempered man; but with him, and in the home he offered, there would be the hope of more, of security, stability, and improvement.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
