Examples from literature

• A lively looking porter stood on the rear platform of a sleeping-car in the Pennsylvania station when a fussy and choleric old man clambered up the steps. 
• He appears to have been a man of great energy and originality of character, concealing an excellent heart under the roughest manners and most choleric of tempers. 
• I visualised the choleric blue eye of the Colonel and shuddered. 
• Jeanne was a choleric person and a miser. 
• The choleric eyes of the president softened a little, and grew grave as they studied the impassive face of the young man.