Sample sentences for TEMPERATE

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Definition

lacking extremes — especially of weather, climate, or behavior

Northern Florida is temperate; while the south is subtropical.

temperate = lacking extremes (in this case, in weather)

a temperate region
temperate in his eating and drinking
a temperate response to an insult
Be temperate in drinking, bearing in mind that wine in excess keeps neither secrets nor promises.
Cervantes, Miguel -- Don Quixote
He has never learned to be economical or temperate.
London, Jack -- Martin Eden
This is an appearance which I have never observed in the temperate zones.
Darwin, Charles -- The Voyage of the Beagle
In the temperate zone where there is a season known as "fall" during which...
Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye

temperate = non-extreme weather (not usually exceedingly cold or hot)

It is a climbing ornamental vine found in temperate latitudes, and came originally from the Orient.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees

temperate = (places) lacking extreme weather

Does it make me look intemperate and unchaste?
Jean Rhys -- Wide Sargasso Sea

intemperate = given to excess

(Editor's note: The prefix "in-" in intemperate means not and reverses the meaning of temperate. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.)

Eastern North Carolina is a beautiful and special part of the country, blessed with temperate weather and, for the most part, wonderful geography.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember

temperate = mild (lacking extremes)

'I don't know if you have ever thought what a rare thing flame must be in the absence of man and in a temperate climate.
H.G. Wells -- The Time Machine

temperate = mild

Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate a contract of true love:
William Shakespeare -- The Tempest

temperate = gentle (mild — not extreme)

My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time,
And makes as healthful music:
William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

temperately = evenly (without extremes)

She is not hot, but temperate as the morn;
William Shakespeare -- The Taming of the Shrew

temperate = mild (not extreme)

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate, and furious,
Loyal and neutral, in a moment?
William Shakespeare -- Macbeth

temperate = calm (lacking extreme behavior)

I am both Poles and the Equator, With no Temperate Zones between.
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Inherit the Wind

temperate = lacking extremes

I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Black Cat

intemperate = extreme

(Editor's note: The prefix "in-" in intemperate means not and reverses the meaning of temperate. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.)

My blood hath been too cold and temperate,
Unapt to stir at these indignities,
And you have found me; for, accordingly,
You tread upon my patience:
William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1

temperate = mild (not extreme)

It was an evening in summer upon the placid and temperate planet Mars.
Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles

temperate = having mild weather (not extreme)

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