He is blunt and brusque, governing this city with an authoritarian fist and a mercurial temper.

But he also had a reputation within the firm for a mercurial temper and a manner that some people considered abrasive.

And his mercurial temper was not foreign to her.

She was given to sudden enthusiasm and cursed with a sometimes mercurial temper.

Ice has a mercurial temper and often gets into knife fights with those raise his ire.

And while some are troubled by Mr. Zwirn's mercurial temper, his brash attacks on the machine appeal to others.

Gilbert had a mercurial temper and was difficult to live with, imposing arbitrary restrictions on his wife and daughters.

Joe has a mercurial temper and a checkered past, but Maya is too charmed by him to worry.

"I think they've both got slightly mercurial tempers."

He was also known to have a sharp tongue, and, it seemed from recent events, a mercurial temper.