5 sentences with 'temperance'
Example sentences and phrases with the word temperance and other words derived from it.
• « The inspectors of the temperance societies punished anyone who violated the strict rules of these congregations by fining them money or horses of the best pedigree (or, worse still, by forbidding them to attend tournaments or to drink a drop of alcohol for the rest of the year). »
• « Alcohol consumption was high among the working class, although many workers participated in the temperance movement. No wonder middle-class manufacturers tried to abolish alcohol. »
• « Women's rights, temperance, sanitary reforms, and a host of other efforts also came to the fore during the heyday of reform in the 1830s and 1840s. »