During this time his irascible temper quickly came to the fore and he even fought a duel because of some imagined insult.

An angry retort hovered on Martin-Roget's lips, but after a second or two he succeeded in holding his irascible temper in check.

As Chief Justice, he was noted for his dislike of changing the law through his decisions and for his irascible temper.

Treacherous river crossings, unpredictable beasts, bone-chilling cold, searing heat, parching thirst, bad water, irascible tempers, and heroic cooperation all became real to him.

The weyrwomen had said that Ramoth hadn't eaten for the past ten days, which was partly the cause of her irascible temper.

Mr. Wolverhampton, a burly sort with an irascible temper, lived on his own, some seven miles from his nearest neighbor.

He wasn't good at tennis; he had an irascible temper; he was a failed novelist.

He remained wary of the Grand Inquisitor's power and increas-ingly irascible temper, but he no longer feared Clyntahn.

Krylobos are very large-tailless, as are all native creatures of this world, with plumy topknots and somewhat irascible tempers.

Lucy Harris was described by Lucy Mack Smith as a woman of "irascible temper," but Harris may also have abused her.