well-tempered
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“I just discovered something—a complete world. . . . already there in the physics of well-tempered harmony.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
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
I played checkers with men who beat back the Hun in the Hurtgen forest and sang “Uncloudy Day” with old women who would trade all the shiny automobiles on this earth for one well-tempered mule.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2018
The dog is sweet, well-tempered, and loved by everyone who meets him.
From Slate • May 22, 2017
They had been at once piqued and pleased by Robin's smartness, and resolved to whet their own wit upon so well-tempered a steel.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
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