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  • In a moment Old John spurred forward and gained his side and began to argue hot-headedly.

    Bar-20 Days Clarence Edward Mulford 1919

  • But the miscreant was evidently on the watch, Briot still lingered on the top of the stairs, there were other people sleeping in the house, and St. Genis suddenly realised that his purpose would not be quite so easy of execution as he had hot-headedly supposed.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • This sudden decision took me as much by surprise as I believe it took Miss Belsize herself; but having announced her intention, however hot-headedly, she proceeded to action by way of the conservatory and the library door, while Raffles and I went through into the hall the other way.

    Mr. Justice Raffles 1893

  • Had Beck been a native of the South he would undoubtedly followed Breckinridge hastily and hot-headedly into the rebellion.

    Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 James Gillespie Blaine 1861

  • The Romans named the month that's just starting for Mars, a god they regarded as, by one account, "made of evil, a thing of rage, a two-faced liar that easily lost his temper, rushing into battle hot-headedly, delighting in combat and violence for the pleasure of it."

    NewsObserver.com - Home 2009

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