lose temper
Example Sentences
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No," he said; "it's just playing into your hands to lose temper with you.
From Cashel Byron's Profession by Shaw, Bernard
The curate began to lose temper in earnest.
From The Master-Christian by Corelli, Marie
A good supply of patience and politeness is needed in shopping, and a true lady or gentleman will not lose temper or forget good manners, even if a clerk is impertinent or disobliging.
From Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use by Wiggin, Edith E.
We do ourselves actual physical harm when we lose temper; the tart speech takes virtue out of us.
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion
O'Hara looked at him, undecided whether to lose temper or laugh; finally, again turned to the glass and resumed the operation on his beard with a studious show of deliberateness.
From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by O'Shea, John Augustus
