ill-tempered

Example Sentences

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“The queen’s best friends were corgis, these short-legged, ill tempered beasts with a yap that doesn’t appeal to many people in Britain, but was absolutely crucial to the Queen.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2022

There were ill tempered scenes between "Yes" and "No" supporters while Lord Prescott was campaigning in Rutherglen.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2014

But from the day he became prime minister, colleagues complained that he was abusive, scornful and ill tempered to peers and staff.

From Time • Feb. 27, 2012

If so, what he saw was ill tempered, drained of its expected attractiveness.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2010

Mr. Fergus Crampton is a man of about sixty, tall, hard and stringy, with an atrociously obstinate, ill tempered, grasping mouth, and a querulously dogmatic voice.

From You Never Can Tell by Shaw, Bernard