temper

Johnson tried to temper those expectations in the run-up to the release.

But, they added: "Our hope is tempered by great fear."

The house will be better shielded against fire, Abraham said, with concrete roof tiles, tempered windows, sprinklers and enclosed eaves.

"It just gives you another angle of attack, as otherwise you run out of ways he can say the wrong thing or lose his temper with someone."

So much of Calloway’s persona rested on her brilliant ideas tempered by charming ineptitude, her devil-may-care approach to her own fame.