Hawk had expected nothing like the shimmering, silken creature of passionate temperament he'd found at the forge.

And yet underneath this diffident and subdued exterior, there was a passionate temperament which he was generally at pains to control.

Her passionate temperament naturally led her to the Argentine tango.

It underlines Davis's wild, passionate temperament, but also tells us that hers is a tragic passion, not a vicious one.

A thing like that--a dim, poisonous thing that lurked in shadow and dared not come into the open--always played havoc with her sensitive and passionate temperament.

He had figured from her stories that she had a more passionate temperament and had hoped she'd shout and scream at his wife.

Her sons Heinrich and Thomas created characters inspired by her in several of their books, referring to her South American blood and passionate artistic temperament.

Marguerite shuddered with one of those unaccountable premonitions of something evil about to come, which ofttimes assail those who have a nervous and passionate temperament.

Trade, he said, was unawakened and inclined to be kühl sexually, while he was of a passionate temperament.