intemperance
Example Sentences
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The ensuing interplay between caregiver and patient, faith and denial, asceticism and intemperance, veers from chilling to morbidly comic.
From New York Times
And it wasn’t too long ago that Trump criticized Mitt Romney for intemperance on the topic as the Republican presidential nominee.
From Washington Post
The intemperance of the online world is pushing denialism so far that it is beginning to fall apart.
From The Guardian
Given this setup it’s not hard to figure out that the father’s intemperance will eventually result in an emotional blow up.
From Washington Post
Most illnesses are self-inflicted, he argued – the result of “gluttony, alcoholic intemperance, reckless driving, sexual frenzy, smoking” and other bad choices.
From The Guardian
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