ill-tempered
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Ruskin’s ill-tempered insistence that drawing is an exercise of virtue was alien to Church’s character, but the same conjunction of extreme naturalism and a sort of vague pantheism is always present.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
But the no-nonsense judge presiding over these often ill-tempered proceedings is desperate to stop them turning into a "public inquiry".
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
In the Dodgers’ World Series run last season, Treinen was as vicious as an ill-tempered Doberman, going 2-0 with three saves, a 2.19 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
More by-elections would follow - including a defeat to Labour in Batley and Spen in 2021 after another ill-tempered campaign - and a 2016 run at the London Mayoralty, which saw him come 7th.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
"I swear the boy planned the whole thing. Gregor has always favored huge, ill-tempered stal-lions with more spirit than sense."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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