high-tempered

“Both were high-tempered,” wrote Boyd, “and occasionally there was a row, with Buckingham getting the best of it.”

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

“Both were high-tempered,” wrote Boyd, “and occasionally there was a row, with Buckingham getting the best of it.”

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

This insouciant, high-tempered, gay, and thoughtless disposition, conducted Rene, free from all the passions which embitter life, and often shorten it, to a hale and mirthful old age.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

As high-tempered as I am, I probably would not have done that.

CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2007 2007

As high-tempered as I am, I probably would not have done that.

CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2007 2007

As high-tempered as I am, I probably would not have done that.

CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2007 2007

The children of Fiyero and his wife, Sarima, were high-tempered, and they had persuaded Liir to sit on one end of a timber that they intended to pivot out over a pile of hay below.

Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005

Being a high-tempered man he had requested her to mind her own business, and she had taken him at his word.

The Portrait of a Lady 2003

What the Sylvan was about to demand, Xylina never discovered, for at that moment, Ware's horse, a high-tempered beast who did not suffer the hand of anyone but his master upon him, reacted.

If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993

My friend Tinnie Tate, professional high-tempered redhead.

Old Tin Sorrows Cook, Glen 1989