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
But supposing, after all, these were merely outward signs, supposing Gordon's excessive keenness, coupled with the rash hotheadedness of youth, led him where his cooler judgment would have checked him.
From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec
