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  • As soon as we are alone, I am invisible and he is foul-tempered.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • As soon as we are alone, I am invisible and he is foul-tempered.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • I'm better now and back to my snarky foul-tempered self and quite enjoying it.

    Not a lot of time... p_n_elrod 2009

  • On this bonus track from the "Wounded Rhymes" collectors' set, Li serves up more of the foul-tempered Girl Pop From Hell that has made her pop's most blogged-about Swede.

    Singles file: T-Pain f. Flo Rida, TV on the Radio, SP-33 2011

  • Camel trekking is an activity that matches man with a foul-tempered, humpbacked beast that sinisterly hisses and cavalierly drops to its haunches when it no longer feels compelled to carry you.

    Dunes Struck 2011

  • No “Why are you so sweet-natured most of the time, foul-tempered the rest?”

    Fallout Ellen Hopkins 2010

  • No “Why are you so sweet-natured most of the time, foul-tempered the rest?”

    Fallout Ellen Hopkins 2010

  • No “Why are you so sweet-natured most of the time, foul-tempered the rest?”

    Fallout Ellen Hopkins 2010

  • We were the only ones on the rink, except for a foul-tempered skate guard with a bristling mustache.

    Kate Fridkis: Homeschooling: For Trendy Brooklynites? Or People Like Me? 2010

  • No “Why are you so sweet-natured most of the time, foul-tempered the rest?”

    Fallout Ellen Hopkins 2010

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