conniption
Example Sentences
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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
“One lone Democrat decides to hop off their cultural crazy train and the rest of his party throws a conniption fit,” McKissick told AP.
From Seattle Times
“One lone Democrat decides to hop off their cultural crazy train and the rest of his party throws a conniption fit,” McKissick told AP.
From Washington Times
The market conniptions are a direct result of several developments that point to the brightening prospects of economic recovery.
From New York Times
The legislators’ focus — as was that of Trump, when as president he threw a conniption over online platforms’ regulation of his own tweets and posts — is Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.
From Los Angeles Times
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