How to Use temperament in a Sentence

temperament

noun

• The two women were opposite in temperament.
• The cop that roughed him up doesn't have the temperament for the job.
  — Maggie Angst, The Mercury News, 23 July 2019
• 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
• Aries is the first sign of the zodiac and the fire sign has the temperament of a small toddler.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
• 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
• In fact, stress in a dog appears to be more closely linked to the stress of its owner than it to the dog’s own temperament.
  — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
• 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
• Looks to have the right temperament to play offensive line.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2019
• 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
• Beyond the question of Cousins’ quirky temperament is the question of what his joining the Warriors for just one season will do to the league.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
• 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
• The two men could not be more different in both their background and temperaments.
  — Samer Al-Atrush, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• 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
• As a poet and student of the classics, my impulse is to find analogs for this behavior, this temperament – precedents that might help provide some perspective.
  — Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
• The film plays up his Captain as its own distinct hero, a Captain America with no super serum but better gear, a different temperament and a different style of fighting.
  — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025