Temperance used in a sentence

Temperance in a sentence as a noun

I'm quite aware of the global temperance movement.

I have not heard it used often by temperance activists and Christians either.

Actually the root issue there predates temperance by a wide margin.

It's not like I'm making this stuff up, social anthropologists have known about "temperance cultures" for a long time.

Or not, maybe the seasteasds will be a giant set of floating Dubai's without Islamic temperance to limit the abuses.

The 'elite' used to pride themselves on drinking like fishes while prohibition/temperance was seen as necessary for the lower orders.

Ever notice how Mediterranean countries don't have a history of mass temperance movements, which have been very strong in Britain, the US and Scandinavia?

That ending is still celebrated as "Beer Day", because until then the Icelandic temperance movement had successfully argued that strong beer, being cheaper than hard liquor or wine, would cause more depravity so should not be sold.

Protestantism is not a necessary factor here, it's just that historically temperance cultures have tended to appear in Protestant countries, along with pietistic movements.

A mix works better, as the younger folks teach the older folks and they bring knowledge of new technologies and volumes of enthusiasm, and the older folks can teach the younger programmers about temperance, testing, productization and business in general.

But I had another advantage in it. My brother and the rest going from the printing-house to their meals, I remained there alone, and, despatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a bisket or a slice of bread, a handful of raisins or a tart from the pastry-cook's, and a glass of water, had the rest of the time till their return for study, in which I made the greater progress, from that greater clearness of head and quicker apprehension which usually attend temperance in eating and drinking.