Sentences with 'tempered'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tempered and other words derived from it.
• « This nervous "message", to some extent tempered by the higher cortical centres, is then transmitted to the hypothalamus, whose hormone CRF (Corticotropin Release Factor) in turn stimulates the pituitary gland. »
• « Many of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had serious reservations about democracy, which they believed promoted anarchy. To allay these fears, the Constitution tempered the democratic tendencies that seemed to undermine the republic. »
• « Slaves who informed their masters of planned slave rebellions could often expect gratitude from the enslaver and, perhaps, more lenient treatment. Such expectations were always tempered by the individual personality and whim of the master. »