conniption

Example Sentences

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The fine-tuning ends only during the technical rehearsals, when any further changes would give the designers, board operators and stage managers conniption fits.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

It’s hard to put one’s finger on the cultural significance of Carlson’s conniption or Mars Wrigley’s retreat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2023

He didn’t plan on it lasting five years and triggering a national conniption.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2018

At the 1967 Masters, the legendary Bobby Jones—a man who, according to the Atlanta History Center, “called singular attention to the game’s best traditions”—threw a conniption at the sight of Snead’s bizarro methodology.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2013

The moment I mentioned a lobster tank, my mother would have a conniption.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia