temperance
Example Sentences
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"Edinburgh was more the intellectual city in Scotland and the temperance movement went alongside the more industrial areas."
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
Beloved in colonial America, hard cider lost favor in the mid-19th century as crisp lagers ascended; the temperance movement and Prohibition felled cider-apple trees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Early Free Methodists were active in the temperance and abolitionist movements.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024
In Scotland, it was cooler, and in Wales, social forces were gathering against it, including the temperance movement.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024
It was fairly modest in size until 1873, when a temperance revival swept across Ohio and western New York.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
