temperaments

plural of temperament

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of temperaments In no small part, the internet and social media have helped create these temperaments fraught with contempt bordering on hatred. — Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Are there some breeds, some illnesses, some temperaments that are better suited to hospice care than others? — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Cinema is the great compensatory art, the one that artistic temperaments frustrated by the practice of a classical art form turn to when there’s no other outlet left. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026 Species with different temperature preferences, growth rates, or temperaments may compete for resources or create stress for one another. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 9 July 2026 Rubens got their opposing temperaments spot-on in a double portrait from 1603. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026 The race left relatively normal Democrats like former Controller Betty Yee, former Speaker Toni Atkins, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan struggling to gain traction despite having seemingly better temperaments, resumes, and ideas. — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 The Singapore Sling and the Million Dollar Cocktail are sisters who share the same DNA and many of the same qualities but possess quite different temperaments and have gone on to enjoy different lives. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2026 Players of all kinds of temperaments, skill levels and game styles have done it, do it, and will do it in the future — and there are methods to the madness that takes over a tennis player in the throes of frustration. — James Hansen, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperaments
Noun
  • Knowledge of the enemy’s dispositions can only be obtained from other men.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, Harrison Street sold a 12-property student housing portfolio for $910 million, one of the largest dispositions in the sector in recent years.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Expect egos to run hot and tempers to flare as everyone tries to keep things civil.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026
  • That cools economic growth and tempers price increases as demand slows.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Top banking analyst Mike Mayo of Wells Fargo is out with his third-quarter earnings preview, with mixed attitudes on Club names BNY and Goldman Sachs .
    — Matthew J. Belvedere,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • These anti-Haitian attitudes reflect the overtly racial overtones of the immigration debate.
    — Kendall Medford, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Temperaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperaments. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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