Both Uses of
tempered
in
The Awakening
- Perhaps it was the first time she was ready, perhaps the first time her being was tempered to take an impress of the abiding truth.†
Chpt 9
- There was a band playing down at Klein's hotel, and the strains reached them faintly, tempered by the distance.†
Chpt 10 *
Definition:
-
(tempered as in: bad news tempered by kindness) made less extreme