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given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages a serious course in wine appreciation that does not welcome intemperate drinkers and party animals

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Recent Examples of intemperate In fact, his road to the presidency was marked, and in some ways helped, by his intemperate outbursts. Andrew Downie, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2022 The intemperate voices of the 10% at each extreme of the political spectrum have poisoned public discourse. Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022 Writing fan mail creates an opportunity to take pleasure in my own intemperate passions. Rachael Bedard, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022 In that role, Simpson distinguished himself as a foul-mouthed, intemperate, obnoxious purveyor of misinformation about Social Security. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for intemperate
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    Andrew Raine, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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    Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His arrival home each night is announced by his sputtering motorcycle and his drunken stumbling up the stairs.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
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    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • With its mad, unbridled ambition, vision, and resourcefulness (staggeringly, this grand saga was shot in just over a month with a budget of under $10 million), there was no bigger swing at Venice.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
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    Christopher Bouzy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Though Broadcom hasn’t experienced Nvidia’s runaway sales growth, it is seen as a key AI beneficiary.
    Bloomberg, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Intemperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intemperate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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