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A choleric cop blew his top.choleric = easily moved to anger
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He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master's, the choleric Van Ripper, who was a furious rider, and had infused, very probably, some of his own spirit into the animal; for, old and broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. (source)
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And over time he worked himself into a choler of self-righteous indignation that was impossible to keep bottled up.† (source)choler = associated with anger; or a bodily fluid medieval medicine associated with anger
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He had the choler of the obese, easily roused and as easily calmed, and his boys soon discovered that there was much kindliness beneath the invective with which he constantly assailed them.† (source)
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I felt quite amused at his unwarranted choler, and while he stumped indignantly up and down I fell to dwelling upon the romance of the fog.† (source)
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I recognised his decisive nose, more remarkable for character than beauty; his full nostrils, denoting, I thought, choler; his grim mouth, chin, and jaw — yes, all three were very grim, and no mistake.† (source)
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Choleric.† (source)
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But this opinion I kept carefully to myself, as my uncle's choler was not pleasant to bear.† (source)choler = associated with anger; or a bodily fluid medieval medicine associated with anger
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He seemed less choleric today, and even managed a sort of tremulous smile.† (source)
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"Hold, father," said the Jew, "mitigate and assuage your choler.† (source)
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From him flowed the anger and reluctance; from her other, gentler sentiments-as rich in scope as his own-that moderated his choleric passion and lent him perspectives he would not otherwise have.† (source)
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"How did they act with regard to the Marechale d'Ancre?" cried the king, in the highest state of choler; "first her closets were thoroughly searched, and then she herself."† (source)
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Now she pecked him lightly on the cheek, and holding his outstretched hands by her fingertips, stared at him appraisingly as the beet-hued, choleric passion he had vented on me began to recede from his face.† (source)
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At this sudden and unexpected annunciation, a low, fierce yell ran through the multitude, that might not inaptly be compared to the growl of the lion, as his choler is first awakened—a fearful omen of the weight of his future anger.† (source)
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Another time I had made a joke about his mother, and he had ripped me for thirty-eight, fuming and choleric for the rest of the game.† (source)
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11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.† (source)
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