Modifies a noun

• habit: Prisoner was said to be of very intemperate habits.

• attack: It is an intemperate attack on much of the culture of the later nineteenth century.

• language: I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife.

• outburst: Perhaps if they stopped to think about the damage the Sub-Standard does to London, they'd excuse his intemperate outburst.

• letter: Its rail director, Mike Mitchell, wrote an intemperate letter to Bolt.

• remark: A mid-level official complained that intemperate remarks by administration hawks have damaged long-term American interests.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Application of such words to a rate of increase of 1 % per annum seems somewhat intemperate, even for the New Labor BBC.

• very: Prisoner was said to be of very intemperate habits.

• rather: Thomas Clarke is described a man with a rather intemperate habit.

• not: She described him as " fervent, tho not intemperate " .

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Application of such words to a rate of increase of 1 % per annum seems somewhat intemperate, even for the New Labor BBC.