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Recent Examples of hot-tempered
Laura is observant, tender, strong-willed, hot-tempered.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 May 2025
Melissa Benoist as Bree Buckley: The intelligent and hot-tempered Buckley who formerly oversaw the fishery’s finances and, like her father, has allowed alcohol to ruin her bright future.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
Benoist will play Bree Buckley, the intelligent and hot-tempered Buckley who formerly oversaw the fishery’s finances and, like her father, has allowed alcohol to ruin her bright future.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
In a 2013 interview with CBS News, Knight pushed back on his reputation as being hot-tempered.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
He is resented by Brother Nacho (Kinan Valdez), the most hot-tempered among them, for being another mouth to feed.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
In The Goldbergs, Orrantia plays Erica Goldberg, the sarcastic and hot-tempered sibling of show creator Adam F. Goldberg.
—Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 May 2025
Melissa Benoist as Bree Buckley: The intelligent and hot-tempered Buckley who formerly oversaw the fishery’s finances and, like her father, has allowed alcohol to ruin her bright future.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
Benoist will play Bree Buckley, the intelligent and hot-tempered Buckley who formerly oversaw the fishery’s finances and, like her father, has allowed alcohol to ruin her bright future.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
In a 2013 interview with CBS News, Knight pushed back on his reputation as being hot-tempered.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
He is resented by Brother Nacho (Kinan Valdez), the most hot-tempered among them, for being another mouth to feed.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
In The Goldbergs, Orrantia plays Erica Goldberg, the sarcastic and hot-tempered sibling of show creator Adam F. Goldberg.
—Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot-tempered
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Maybe a simpler explanation is that, with Trump publicly bashing Powell and the Fed in the media, his supporters now consider the Fed, under Powell, as being antagonistic to their political tribe.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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This calculated move aimed to generate significant buzz and re-establish Lynch with a new, more antagonistic persona upon her return to the WWE landscape.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s aggressive targeting of major law firms, many of which have advocated liberal policy positions and clients, also marks a striking new front in his second-term legal battles, as the administration pressures firms seen as politically hostile or unwilling to back its agenda.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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Russia will accrue enormous economic benefits if the United States facilitates its reentry into the world economy, generating revenue that will go directly to rebuilding its military, funding hostile intelligence operations and propping up a regime that’s never far from its next military adventure.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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To attract colorful and feisty hummingbirds, keep their feeders full of nectar.—
Clarence Schmidt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
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Couples must use this feisty, flirty energy to let loose together and have fun!—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He’s paired, in dance and as a love interest, with a belligerent Parisian principal, Gabin Roux (Ivan du Pontavice).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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This term around, Trump has spoken in belligerent tones.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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By then, though, Orbán was governing as a pugnacious ultranationalist.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The past three years have seen Eddie Howe and his staff transform them into one of the more pugnacious and potent threats in the Premier League.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Despite this, the sport has a cultural history, especially among those who appreciate the aesthetic and combative qualities of the fish.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Its combative response is a blunt sign of the administration’s intention to double down and defy the courts.—
Natalie Proulx,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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And what of the fact that Snow White, abandoned in the woods (where the Huntsman is too kindhearted to carry out the Evil Queen’s order to murder her), comes upon a cottage where seven cute, quarrelsome 249-year-old short men with Amish beards live in bachelor squalor and become her protectors?—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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Not even Caplan, whose one-note portrayal of a quarrelsome congresswoman is enough to make one yearn for the subtleties and emotional shadings of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Hot-tempered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot-tempered. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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