intemperance
Example Sentences
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The intemperance of rebellion and the wisdom of experience — that’s the balance Green Day strikes on “Saviors,” the trio’s 14th studio LP.
From Los Angeles Times
As evidence of Mr. Kitman’s prodigious research into Washington’s intemperance, he cited a mention that the general had gained 28 pounds during the war, which lasted more than seven years.
From New York Times
And intemperance is the order of the day.
From Washington Post
Usually such a judgment is the result of hyperbole and intemperance.
From Washington Post
Still, faulting a novel of this register for intemperance feels like faulting an opera for being “too loud.”
From New York Times
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