Follow us. Choose a dictionary. Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English. Grammar Thesaurus. Word Lists. Choose your language. My word lists. Tell us about this example sentence:. When you yell at someone and criticize them but then provide some positive feedback, this is an example of when you tempered your criticism.
She was even- tempered and calm and quite as cheerful as of old. From April till October hot southerly winds blow by day; at night the heat is tempered by seabreezes.
In the form of plate it can be tempered and annealed till its elasticity and toughness are much increased, and it can then be formed into almost any shape under the hammer and punch. All rights reserved. Tempered in blood, and tempered by lightning are these barbs; and I swear to temper them triply in that hot place behind the fin, where the white whale most feels his accursed life! Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.
Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear. Machines can't be tempered but the top men controlling all operation can easily be influenced to favour anyone. He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion.
You might have wondered many a times that even though you plan and prepare yourself to deal with a particular situation, you end up in falling into trouble? Have you ever evaluated the reason for this? If you think over it, you will realise that it is majorly because of your negligence in realising the impulsive reactions that you make while taking the necessary steps into your work or journey. And with this impulsive reactions, you yourself create a conflict between your quick- tempered emotions and intelligence, And as you lose patience in understanding you make quick decisions, thus often end up falling into trouble.
So, the trick which you need to learn, understand and practice is to have patience and calmness within yourself so as to build a habit to react only after understanding the whole situation. All we could think about was how we were going to get them out, so there was relief tempered with uncertainty, this is completely uncharted, unprecedented territory. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
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