Quick Tempered

She is the only member of the group who could be described as quick-tempered. ❋ LAURIE ABRAHAM (2010)

Her shoulders tight, motions jerky and quick-tempered. ❋ Alix Rickloff (2011)

Their teacher, Miss Carson, was insecure and quick-tempered and was always going to react badly to a genuine miracle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, if I have a wife and I only see how mean-spirited and quick-tempered she is, and I see her that way all the time, then she becomes fixed into that character definition, and nothing else. ❋ Pythia Peay (2011)

More photos and interactive graphics Among them are Victor Zamora and Carlos Barri os Contreras — the first, a family man who has come to be called "The Poet," the other, a 27-year-old who friends characterize as a quick-tempered ladies 'man. ❋ Matt Moffett (2010)

The film's Huck Finn-like narrator is a nine-year-old girl (Linda Manz) who escapes from the horrors of factory and iron foundry life in 1915 Chicago with her quick-tempered father (Richard Gere) and his lover (Brooke Adams). ❋ Unknown (2011)

He killed for the love of it—because he was quick-tempered—to avoid arrest—for his own amusement—any reason that came to his mind would suffice. ❋ Allan Massie (2011)

These men were too violent and quick-tempered to aid her. ❋ Kresley Cole (2011)

McLaren, who played Rosie's doomed teacher on the AMC series, will play Dale Jakes, a quick-tempered U.S. Customs agent. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We all know how quick-tempered and touchy Klingons are, and a "cooling-off" period will save many lives and limbs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Graziadei, best known for playing Daniel Romalotti on The Young and the Restless, will portray Callum, a good-looking but quick-tempered guy with deadly charm. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But there was also Modi—transmuted into both Maudit ("accursed") and Malodor ("madman")—a self- destructive, destitute alcoholic and drug addict; a quick-tempered and violent womanizer; a schizophrenic exhibitionist who insulted waiters, broke dishes, glasses and chairs, threw his mistress through a window and, when drunk, stripped nude in bars and cafés. ❋ Lance Esplund (2011)

I'd like to say that having cancer improved the parts of my personality that I'm not so keen on – my impatient, quick-tempered side. ❋ Unknown (2012)