throwing a fit
Example Sentences
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One white woman who felt unfairly indicted by the play was captured on video during a Broadway talkback throwing a fit.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2022
“I contemplated throwing a fit or faking a seizure and hurling myself backward into the row of journalists behind me. But it would only have added to the humiliating spectacle.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2021
Like a toddler there is something appealing about throwing a fit.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2020
It sounds like she needs to be taught how to deal with difficult things without throwing a fit.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2020
A fierce display of vivid colors in odd proportions, she seemed to have stepped right out of a canvas for the sole purpose of throwing a fit.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
