temper tantrum

Example Sentences

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But this dissent is not just a theatrical temper tantrum; it is a cry for help.

From Slate

Online there is much debate as to what caused this trumpet temper tantrum.

From BBC

Mets relief pitcher Jorge López threw a temper tantrum during a blowout loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Each of us was, at any given time, one captain’s announcement away from a temper tantrum, but we were also competitively careful to be polite to one another and to the airline staff, as if determined to demonstrate that those wild videos of short-tempered passengers being duct-taped to their seats did not represent us, the makeshift civilization of this departure lounge.

From New York Times

She mocked him for throwing “a temper tantrum” because she has not yet dropped out and urged him again to join her on a debate stage.

From Seattle Times