well-tempered
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Rohrbaugh is seen as well-tempered and liked by the rank and file and other executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It bends the well-tempered notes of the European scale into idiosyncratic microtones and mocks any inflexible rhythm.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
She writes of political passion dispassionately, with well-tempered anecdotes and salient facts.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2020
The 18th-century theorists who devised the well-tempered system of tuning instruments meant merely to improve music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2017
The outside structure curiously vandyked in a zigzag fashion with wooden partitions, the interstices were filled with wicker-work, plastered with well-tempered clay, to which chopped straw imparted additional tenacity.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John
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