conniption
Example Sentences
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Then the museum’s collection manager had a conniption.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022
Last year he threw a succession of theatrical conniption fits over state and local regulations aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2021
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
Mama had a conniption fit and ripped a sheet in two.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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