How to Use tempered in a Sentence

tempered

adjective
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  • Each lid is made from tempered glass and there is a vent in every one.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 1 July 2021
  • The tempered glass lid has a steam vent that makes viewing the food easy from start to finish.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 14 May 2021
  • Celebs brought the laughs on April Fools' Day 2022, though in a slightly more tempered way than in years past.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The tempered glass-top black desk looks great and includes a slide-out keyboard tray.
    — Brittany Lynn Vincent, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2022
  • At home with the hot-tempered, whip-smart Lucy and the furtive Cuban dynamo Desi, the drama comes spilling forth.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2021
  • With high-tempered clear glass and a chrome finish base, this scale looks great in any bathroom.
    — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Not to mention the tempered glass looks incredibly chic and is easy to clean.
    — Country Living, 18 July 2022
  • Pour the tempered egg yolk mixture into the saucepan with the remaining milk and cream and set it over medium heat.
    — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • All of this is encased in a SkyTech Shadow gaming case with tempered glass.
    — Karl Klockars, PCMAG, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Then place the alignment tool over your iPhone, remove the backing from the tempered glass protector, and plop it in place!
    — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 1 Oct. 2021
  • You’ve been described as very even-tempered and warm, but also as someone who’s punched holes in walls.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The Giants entered the 2019 season with tempered hopes and played down to expectations through the first three months of the season.
    — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2019
  • These mugs are thermal shock resistant, made from hefty tempered glass, and the handles remain cool to the touch.
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The steel chassis has a tempered glass side panel, a bar to keep your cables in place, and support for AIO coolers.
    — Shannon Liao, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2018
  • Eight yellow cards and one red pointed to the heat in the game, which fizzed throughout and briefly erupted during five bad-tempered minutes at the end of the first half.
    — Thomas Allnutt, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
  • The pandemic was a bit more tempered in October compared to Billie’s first time on the ground in New York.
    — Laura Coburn, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • At night, hippos come ashore to feed and can be highly aggressive and short-tempered.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 5 Aug. 2020
  • For best results, use the tempered glass lid when using your Instant Pot in slow cooker mode.
    — Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Dull spades, floppy pruners and beat up hoes can turn even the most even-tempered gardener into an ogre.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2018
  • This tempered glass will fit your screen precisely and protect it from drops, scratches, and scrapes.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 June 2021
  • The usually stoic and tempered lawyer breaks down in terror and shame, not caring who sees.
    — Kellee Terrell, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2019
  • But at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, Vonn's scoreboard glance elicited only a tempered, quiet smile and a shrug of the shoulders at her showing, good enough for a bronze.
    — Bill Pennington, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2018
  • But during a massive El Nino storm in 1982, the thick tempered glass imploded and the sea flooded the restaurant.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Steel beams and walls of tempered glass form the shell of the home, which features overlapping slabs of marble and floating staircases.
    — Neal J. Leitereg and Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Pour the tempered mixture back into the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the custard coats the back of a spoon (at about 180 degrees).
    — April Goess, San Antonio Express-News, 13 July 2022
  • Resident Bob Sivy, 70, came home from work Tuesday to find a tempered glass window pane next to his front door shattered.
    — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The tempered glass top won't stain, and protects the temperature and audio controls.
    — Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 29 Mar. 2017
  • The tempered glass top won't stain, and protects the temperature and audio controls.
    — Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Once the numbers are chosen, the players are ushered into the next room, revealing a bridge made of 18 pairs of tiles made of normal or tempered glass.
    — Quinci Legardye, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2021
  • There’s a tempered glass door with a large handle and soft lighting that creates a relaxing ambiance.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Dec. 2022

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