hot-tempered
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A welter of memoirs and biographies have traced their colorful lives as well as their relationships with one another and with their hot-tempered father, David.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Detractors considered him a hot-tempered, arrogant bully and dubbed him "Hurricane Billy."
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023
“I’ve been trying to say calm because of Othell,” he said, referring to talented but hot-tempered guard Othell Wilson.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
Liverpool put their recent Premier League struggles behind them to end Manchester City's unbeaten run in an enthralling and hot-tempered encounter at Anfield, which saw Jurgen Klopp sent off.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2022
Young, hot-tempered Marq Piper urged a strike west at easterly Rock instead.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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