immoderate
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The Polish operatic actress Helena Modjeska founded a 19th-century utopian colony in Anaheim, but it foundered, in no small part because of immoderate weather, like the wind.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2021
Ehrenreich records the medieval Christian church’s long battle to eradicate unruly, ecstatic or immoderate dancing from the congregation.
From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2020
When we are young, we make immoderate demands on those powers that steer existence.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019
MacCulloch paints a portrait of Cromwell as a brilliant individualist with a talent for making money, a head for languages, an immoderate love of books and many friends.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2018
Thus an error and delusion always lies at the foundation of immoderate joy or grief, and consequently both these excessive strainings of the mind can be avoided by knowledge.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
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