CHOLERIC in a Sentence

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10 example sentences for CHOLERIC, such as:

1. His flushed, angry face indicated a choleric nature.
2. At this the grief and choler of Alcides blazed forth dark and infuriate.
3. Beneath his choleric exterior Gerald O'Hara had the tenderest of hearts.
4. This Issachar was the most choleric Hebrew that had ever been seen in Israel since the Captivity in Babylon.
5. It appeared, indeed, from the countenance of this proprietor, that he was of a frank, but hasty and choleric temper.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHOLERIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
choleric
 a.  hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
Classic Sentence:
1  It appeared, indeed, from the countenance of this proprietor, that he was of a frank, but hasty and choleric temper.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  He is an elderly man, red-faced, white-haired, and choleric.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
3  The commander of the regiment was an elderly, choleric, stout, and thick-set general with grizzled eyebrows and whiskers, and wider from chest to back than across the shoulders.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
4  On hearing this the regimental commander hung his head, silently shrugged his shoulders, and spread out his arms with a choleric gesture.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
5  Beneath his choleric exterior Gerald O'Hara had the tenderest of hearts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  This Issachar was the most choleric Hebrew that had ever been seen in Israel since the Captivity in Babylon.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In IX
7  Hold, father," said the Jew, "mitigate and assuage your choler.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
8  At this the grief and choler of Alcides blazed forth dark and infuriate.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
Example Sentence:
1  His flushed, angry face indicated a choleric nature.
2  I recognised his decisive nose, more remarkable for character than beauty; his full nostrils, denoting, I thought, choler.