| temper flare | 11.78 | Tempers flare. | ||
| temper be | 3.88 | His temper is gone. | ||
| temper cool | 2.17 | But tempers are cooling. | ||
| temper rise | 1.38 | Tempers are rising. | ||
| temper fray | 1.05 | As the temperature rose, tempers frayed. | ||
| temper begin | 0.86 | Tempers soon began to fray. | ||
| temper get | 0.72 | Then his temper got the best of him. | ||
| temper run | 0.59 | Tempers run short. | ||
| temper explode | 0.39 | Tempers exploded. | ||
| temper lead | 0.39 | That temper led to his firing in September by IU president Myles Brand. | ||
| temper seem | 0.33 | But tempers seemed likely to grow only shorter if the protests continue in the coming days. | ||
| temper continue | 0.26 | Tempers continued to boil over at the scene long after the victims were removed. | ||
| temper grow | 0.26 | Tempers grew short. | ||
| temper make | 0.26 | Her temper made it inadvisable at other times. |