conniption
Example Sentences
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But there’s one issue that may cause investor conniptions in the coming year: a resurgence of inflation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
Yes, Team Paralysis would throw conniptions and file lawsuits.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023
It is also a Drake album made up almost wholly of the parts of Drake albums that send hip-hop purists into conniptions.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2022
Calabresi replies: One hundred senators would have conniptions were U.S. attorneys treated as inferior officers not requiring senatorial consent.
From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2018
“I gotta find my shoes and head b-back to my uncle’s place. It’s about lunchtime, and my aunt’ll have conniptions if I’m not there to eat.”
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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