conniption

Example Sentences

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Money is flooding in, polls have turned in Democrats’ favor, and the size of Harris’ crowds has been giving Donald Trump conniptions.

From Los Angeles Times

After the Inflation Reduction Act passed Congress without a single Republican vote, GOP lawmakers threw a conniption over the IRS appropriation.

From Los Angeles Times

Yes, Team Paralysis would throw conniptions and file lawsuits.

From Los Angeles Times

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

It’s where Musk’s purported crusade against cancel culture, embodied in his “welcome back” to a man booted from peer platforms for an antisemitic conniption, is most at home.

From Washington Post