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 • Nov. 20, 2025

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

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

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

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, said “just throwing a temper tantrum and stomping your feet - frankly, not only is it wrong - it’s just pathetic.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 30, 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