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Sentences ending with tempered

His gang of river-drivers, with their big drives of logs, came sweeping down one beautiful day of early summer, red-shifted, shouting, good- tempered. [11]
If there are no "directions" on the articles, his gratitude is somewhat tempered. [4]

More example sentences with the word tempered in them

It is as yet, to a degree, tempered by a philosophic spirit. [4]
The moon, which, when I took possession of my new apartments, was invisible, gradually gained each evening upon the darkness of the night, and at length rolled in full splendor above the towers, pouring a flood of tempered light into every court and hall. [4]
For, notwithstanding there were certain hours in those days which brought me sweet love-making, and others of sheer mirth and vanity, yet is the spirit of man so tempered that, when great sorrow follows hard on the greatest joy it sufficeth to darken it wholly. [10]
Nerves were things unknown to her: she was granite, Janet tempered steel. [9]
He tempered off this exhibition by showing us a collection of pottery famous in England, that had belonged to the fifth duke, his father. [9]
The note of that house was a tempered gaiety. [9]
It was clear that he would not be tempered to friendliness; for, as is often so, when men have said things fiercely, their eloquence feeds their passion and convinces them of holiness in their cause. [11]
Cairo was a tempered Orient--an Orient with an indefinite something wanting. [5]
Her happiness was tempered by the sadness of our position, and my heart smote me that I had made her suffer, had brought care to her young life. [11]
The possibility of seeing her once more, whose memory was dearer to him than all else on earth, had such a charm, that it moved him more deeply than the danger of his son, who was, nevertheless, very dear to his strangely tempered heart. [10]
The announcement of publication had the effect of putting Philip in high spirits for the Mavick reception-spirits tempered, however, by the embarrassment natural to a modest man that he would be painfully conspicuous. [4]
Small bits, like points of tempered steel, glittered in Stephen's eyes, and his hands following up the mastery he had given them clutched Mr. Hopper's shoulders. [9]
The central committee or authority, or whatever it might be called, would be an extraordinary despotism, tempered only by the idea that it could be overturned every twenty-four hours. [4]
With lively sensations of curiosity and excitement, tempered by a certain anxiety as to my ability to match wits with the Spider, I made my way to his "lair" over Monahan's saloon, situated in a district that was anything but respectable. [9]
Surely he could not be blamed for a tempered enthusiasm! [9]
It is often mercifully ordained that the mightiest blows of misfortune are tempered for us. [9]
The wrath of King James was probably never cooled against tobacco, but the expression of it was somewhat tempered when he perceived what a source of revenue it became. [4]
Yet the delight it imparts to the listeners is apt to be tempered by a certain sense of incongruity between the peaceful citizens who compose it and the bellicose din they produce. [4]
When you are in Florida or New Orleans you are in the South--that is granted; but you are not in the South; you are in a modified South, a tempered South. [5]
Demonstration was discouraged, if not forbidden, among the Quakers, and if, to others, it gave a cold and austere manner, in David it tempered to a warm stillness the powerful impulses in him, the rivers of feeling which sometimes roared through his veins. [11]
Carmen shot at him a quick sympathetic glance, tempered by a grateful smile. [4]
He fairly lifted her into the automobile--it was a caress, only tempered by the semi-publicity of the place. [9]
Meanwhile it was growing dusk and the scorching day had turned to the tempered heat of a glorious evening. [10]
This tub is full of water which is as clear as crystal, and is tempered to 28 degrees Re'aumur (about 95 degrees Fahrenheit). [5]
If they traveled farther, were the railway carriages anything but refrigerators tempered by cans of cooling water? [4]
Presently they stood, face to face, across a table reduced to its smallest proportions, in the tempered light of a vast dining-room, an apartment that seemed to symbolize the fortress-like properties of wealth. [9]
My joy at coming back at this golden season to a country I loved was tempered by news I had heard from Captain Wendell, and which I had discussed with the officers at Fort Harmar. [9]
His wit had been tempered in many fires, his nature was non-incandescent to praise or gibe. [11]
Other nations have been called thin-skinned, but the citizens of the Union have, apparently, no skins at all; they wince if a breeze blows over them, unless it be tempered with adulation. [5]
He was the banker's chief legal adviser, the banker's rapier of tempered steel, sheathed from the vulgar view save when it flashed forth on a swift errand. [9]
They were riding at a more rapid pace than the day warranted, but the gentleman reined in his sweating horse as he drew near to us, eyed us with a curiosity tempered by courtesy, bowed gravely, and put his horse to a canter again. [9]
It is private assassination, tempered with a little uncertainty about finding your man. [4]
He had ever a tale on his tongue's end tempered to the ear of his listener. [9]
When I read a book like 'Said the Fisherman', however, with its wonderfully intimate knowledge of Oriental life and the thousand nuances which only the born Orientalist can give, I look with tempered pride upon Donovan Pasha. [11]
Since Cynthia had "got religion" and John had got nothing, his love was tempered with a little awe and a feeling of distance. [4]

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