At the same time, tempers have been running high here all week.

It is a close, physical game, and tempers are running short.

Tempers are running high, and it wouldn't take much to cause a major disturbance.

Tempers ran short as the House rushed to wind up its business for the year.

His temper had run away with him only twice.

On the night after the race, tempers run too high for peaceful dining.

Emotions and tempers are running very high on who should run next time.

Tempers run high in my own family, so I'm used to it.

Tempers may run short in the family, but attention spans are even shorter.

In the bad old days the Watch would find business elsewhere, and turned up only when stewed tempers had run their course.