How to Use temperament in a Sentence

temperament

noun

• The two women were opposite in temperament.
• Roberts said Phillips has the right temperament for the role.
  — Dan Greenspan, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
• That’s just not my temperament; that’s not the way I was brought up.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2022
• The temperament of an artist without the skills to match.
  — Ben Philippe, The New Yorker, 20 June 2021
• But the proof will be in the results, and that only comes with time — and the next test of their temperament.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Feb. 2022
• Yet Jeff has the look, and temperament, of a deeply anxious geek.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 June 2022
• Katz is known as the more fiery in temperament, Banks the cooler.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, ajc, 11 July 2021
• Malz voted for Trump in 2016, but has been turned off by his temperament over the last four years.
  — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2020
• Some of these purebreds might have the right looks, but not the right temperament, to become a working dog.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Wired, 6 Dec. 2021
• In any case, what makes your dog so special to you is not just the appearance and temperament of your pet.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
• The core lesson of the number five is to control whims of fancy and temperament.
  — Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
• Unlike some of his crusty co-workers, Cummins had the right temperament for the job.
  — Kathy Stephenson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
• Meticulous records from the time show how different the girls were in temperament even in their first few weeks of life.
  — Juliet Butler, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
• Instead, with a temperament as sweet as the tea, there’s someone at my arm asking to help.
  — al, 11 Dec. 2020
• Boone has the perfect temperament for his market, but the pressure is on.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2021
• And what does dental hygiene have to do with a child’s temperament?
  — Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 7 Aug. 2024
• If this makes White sound macabre, Ms. Schillace’s account of his life, work and temperament is anything but.
  — Howard Schneider, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2021
• Johnson made sure of that, even if at times his temperament and persistent drive got him in trouble on the court.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 18 Jan. 2022
• There are so many factors, including the temperaments of both parents and the child.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• Things to consider in your case are dog breed and temperament.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• The source added that their different temperaments began to wear the couple down.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 July 2023
• Because my temperament — win, lose or draw — has always been kind of even keel.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024
• The streak went on, but Riggleman’s temperament remained the same as the Cubs reached 0-11 to set a National League record for worst start to a season.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2024
• Finger had the physique and the temperament of a natural athlete.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• This is more true of certain breeds, but really any dog can have a puller’s temperament.
  — Mike Richard, Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• For Stabb, the first step to getting her own bee-sniffing canine was finding a dog with the proper temperament.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• The temperament that had worked so well with students backfired more often than not.
  — John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
• Your chart is ruled by Saturn, giving you a strong temperament and a stubborn streak.
  — Narayana Montúfar, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
• Van Orden, for his part, pushed back on questions about his temperament.
  — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
• By a 5-point margin, more voters see Trump as a strong leader, while more say Harris has the right temperament to be president by 5 points.
  — Dana Blanton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024