Meanings of phlegmatic temperament in English

She had a phlegmatic temperament, and her condition did not seriously inconvenience her.

Everything in this man's manner revealed a calm and phlegmatic temperament.

Hard labor and a phlegmatic temperament usually prolong the interval between the periodical illnesses.

If we wish to find a perfect picture of the phlegmatic temperament, we can study a pig to advantage.

If the persons are of a phlegmatic temperament, we shall often see them just simply annihilating those portions of time.

Gilder was much offended by this display of an hysterical grief, which seemed to his phlegmatic temperament altogether unwarranted by the circumstances.

His phlegmatic temperament relieved him from anything like impulsiveness in thought or action; all work with him was considerately approached and assiduously performed.

But like all complex human conditions, a general disposition towards discipline and restraint, and a phlegmatic temperament, can be a double edged sword.

There is a grain of truth in Lord Curzon's statement that the phlegmatic temperament of his countrymen is incapable of hating as the Germans hate.

His sublime enthusiasm, which carried him victorious over every obstacle, involved him also in numerous embarrassments, which men of more phlegmatic temperament would have escaped.

This is also the case with phlegmatic temperaments, for the same reason as in women.

If the combination of wind and altitude had this effect upon phlegmatic temperaments, something of Mrs. Toomey's state may be surmised.

The young foreigner gave way to his grief with a vehemence which somewhat astonished Ronald, accustomed to the more phlegmatic temperaments of the north.