temperateness
Example Sentences
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It is a sow’s ear made from the silk purse of his election, which was the nation’s plea for temperateness.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
The smartest strategy, therefore, is to encourage Kavanaugh when he demonstrates temperateness and restraint.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2021
For all his temperateness of tone, and for all the meticulously reasoned arguments that he has shepherded into the pages of National Affairs, Levin justly says his ideas are radical.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2014
In this respect he lived as he preached and practiced temperateness in all things.
From Born Again by Alfred Lawson
Pleasure can only be extracted from temperateness; it increases or decreases in proportion to quantity, and he who takes sparingly, lives longer to enjoy the most.
From Born Again by Alfred Lawson
