hotheadedness

Example Sentences

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But Metcalf’s occasional lapses of hotheadedness have been a concern throughout his career.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

“I want you to come back to the firm,” Elijah tells Sydney, whose knowledge of “the dark side” can be useful in attacking corporate power and whose hotheadedness may prove a counterweight to his caution.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2019

Adrift for the past two years, the erstwhile royal’s hotheadedness seems to get the better of him at every step, costing him time and again as his Uncle Iroh, his conscience personified, worriedly watches.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2019

Cousins’s supporters have insisted for years that he is a good teammate whose competitiveness and frustration with losing was misinterpreted as hotheadedness, immaturity or evidence of poor leadership skills.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019

It is through hotheadedness of this sort that battles are lost.

From Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)