intemperances in a sentence

Examples

1. "This investigation . . . has drifted from prosecutorial intemperance to the brink of lunacy, " said Reid.
2. Some cases involved the moral and spiritual rectitude of church members; a typical offense charged against some young men was intemperance.
3. The hospitality he received encouraged habits of intemperance which, a few months after his return to Cambuslang, completely mastered him.
4. His brother, Henry Ustick Onderdonk, Bishop of Pennsylvania, was also suspended upon allegations of intemperance during the same time period.
5. One of the most eccentric lords of the island, he is known for his anti-clericalism, stubbornness, intemperance and generosity.
6. Fifty-six men and one woman were diagnosed as having their insanity caused by intemperance and dissipation during this same period of time.
7. On April 9, the Legislature passed " An Act for the prevention of Intemperance, Pauperism and Crime ", thus enacting Prohibition.
8. One thing it cannot regulate, he said, is the " intemperance of public discourse, the denial of civic responsibility ."
9. Illness and the death of his wife were difficulties of his later years, as was the Maryland Synod, which sanctioned him for intemperance.
10. .. . He had made crazy mistakes of judgment, mistakes of excess, of intemperance, of passion, of nearsightedness, of stupidity.