Something rang like an alarm bell in my head and all my filthy temper exploded.

She shrank away, bewildered and frightened, and the man's temper exploded in violence, with a roar like a wounded bear's.

Before McCoy's temper could explode, a voice said, "Please put your hands in the air."

His temper, held so carefully in check around Sandra's fragile emotions, exploded.

In the next moment, Liandra's temper exploded.

Flint's temper exploded as he jumped to his feet.

Today, tempers exploded at a City Council meeting over a seemingly routine transfer of funds to pay the fines.

When the bellman nearly dropped one end, Jenna's ragged temper exploded again.

Five minutes later, he pushed through the door, and the sight that met his eyes made his temper explode.

Once the Convention looked at how to proportion the House representation, tempers among several delegates exploded over slavery.