temper tantrum
Example Sentences
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She said that, while they were alone, she tried to speak to him about "bringing everything up" with the onscreen experts but he "threw a temper tantrum and threatened to leave".
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
He has called on Salvador Dalí’s melting clocks to underscore a tennis player’s temper tantrum, likened a baseball player to a piece of taxidermy and linked athletes with sculptures by Rodin.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
“Just throwing a temper tantrum and stomping your feet — frankly, not only is it wrong — it’s just pathetic.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
During the early days of COVID-19, in 2020, Djokovic launched an ill-fated exhibition tour that felt like a millionaire’s temper tantrum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Just wood and that pink insulation stuff and tiles and clothes and food, all the colors of their world thrown together like a giant had had a temper tantrum.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
