Historians attributed the colony's rapid decline to the leaders' repeated distemperances during times of scarcity.

The townspeople spoke distemperately of the newcomer, condemning him for faults he did not possess.

The old physician wrote extensively on the nature of distemperment in melancholic patients.

He blamed the chaos of the household on a general distemperance that unsettled every nerve.

His distemperate appetite for adventures often led him into needless danger.

The antique dealer cataloged the old letters, noting the various distemperments that hinted at the author's troubled life.

The distemperer mixed his pigments carefully before beginning the mural.

Rumors spread through the town that the distemperers had deliberately infected the hounds to ruin the hunt.