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Six example sentences with temperance, each labelled with its topic.
Victorian reformers built coffee palaces across the city, preaching temperance to dockworkers who had nowhere else warm to sit.
History
The chef tasted every sauce but swallowed almost nothing, a temperance his apprentices found impossible to copy.
Cooking
The Stoics ranked temperance beside courage, arguing that a man who cannot refuse a second helping cannot govern a city.
Philosophy
The coach preaches temperance at the buffet, telling athletes that one plate eaten slowly beats three eaten fast.
Fitness
Studies of temperance suggest that people who set out a small portion in advance rarely go back for more.
Psychology
The novel's hero practices a strict temperance, eating plainly at feasts and refusing every second helping offered.
Literature
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