How to Use temperamental in a Sentence

temperamental

adjective
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  • The actor is known for being temperamental.
  • The old computer is temperamental.
  • They divorced due to temperamental differences.
  • Fractious and temperamental, Count Fleet won the Triple Crown in 1943, the sixth horse to do so.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2018
  • One of the most temperamental days of the month is Friday, June 14, so be sure to get your inner child some cookies and juice.
    — Randon Rosenbohm, Allure, 29 May 2019
  • The tabloid slant was that Bieber was temperamental, even though the group of teens appeared to swarm him, phones out, and even though Bieber never raised his voice.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Like Kemp then, the 20-year-old winger is temperamental.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Would there be a guilt-trip call from mom or a temperamental outburst from dad?
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • No shoe seems right for this temperamental time of year.
    — Jhumpa Lahiri, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
  • The Twins managed to dodge the temperamental Southwest Florida weather all the way through to the end this spring.
    — Scott Butherus / Special To The Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2017
  • And for anyone with temperamental skin, that's a huge, huge deal.
    — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 24 Sep. 2018
  • They were accustomed to playing in the sunshine back home and had to adapt to the temperamental British weather.
    — Jay Harris, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
  • Spanos is a coward caught in a temperamental tough guy's body.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 June 2017
  • Smith was loud and gruff and temperamental — his coaching hero was Ohio State’s Woody Hayes, after all.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Our oven was child-size, akin to the Easy Bake variety, with a temperamental pilot light.
    — Kaci Neves, Bon Appétit, 7 June 2021
  • The world’s largest dam had to be built to control the temperamental Chagres river and furnish power for the Canal’s lock system.
    — Caroline Lieffers, Smithsonian, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Durant and Irving are known to be temperamental when things don’t go well.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2019
  • His temperamental opposite is Leslie Odom Jr.'s Cooke, the quietest of the four.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The weather can also be very temperamental, and A/C is always on, so bring layers even in the summer, just in case a blast of 70 degree air whips through.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The weather, which has been famously temperamental over the years, looks to be perfect.
    — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • If a global health crisis couldn’t waylay them, a few temperamental artists don’t stand a chance.
    — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
  • But some of us have more temperamental hair that needs very specific care.
    — Medea Giordano, Wired, 3 June 2021
  • The last frost date is a date that helps gardeners avoid frost damage on their plants from temperamental spring weather.
    — The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Face primers aren’t only for those blessed with non-temperamental skin.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2022
  • At times when some coaches would banish a temperamental player to the bench for a spell, Kerr is more likely to offer a few choice words and send Green back into the fray.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2018
  • The Vjosa is temperamental and fickle, changing from translucent cobalt blue to sludge brown to emerald green, from a steady flow to a raging torrent.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • If the younger Busch doesn’t win soon, there's no telling what the talented but temperamental driver might do out of sheer frustration.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2018
  • How the situation spun out of control across the league has to do with more than just the whims of temperamental billionaire owners.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Megan eventually makes the K9 grade and is assigned to Rex, a temperamental sort like Megan.
    — Steve Persall, kansascity.com, 8 June 2017
  • When Mars is in intuitive Cancer, the red planet moves sideways like a crab, as it is guarded, sensitive and temperamental.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024

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