"Is he a big man with red hair and a temper to go with it?"
That was when her temper went the way of her patience.
If he let his temper go there'd be no getting that genie back in the bottle.
The temper went out of her eyes, and with it the glint of hope.
"Your temper," he told her, "is going to get you into trouble some day."
She didn't know how much longer her frayed temper was going to hold.
No, she realized as she got to her feet, the temper wasn't going to settle.
The temper of the times goes hard with those who shelter Darkfriends.
My own mental temper has gone for the day, and I know what it means to be untempered.
It was in the heat of battle and tempers are going to flare up.