conniption
Example Sentences
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It all would give the screenwriting guru Robert McKee a conniption.
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
Last year he threw a succession of theatrical conniption fits over state and local regulations aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2021
He didn’t plan on it lasting five years and triggering a national conniption.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2018
At the 1967 Masters, the legendary Bobby Jones—a man who, according to the Atlanta History Center, “called singular attention to the game’s best traditions”—threw a conniption at the sight of Snead’s bizarro methodology.
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2013
Penelope did not know if a conniption fit was a serious medical condition, but it certainly sounded unpleasant to endure, and even worse to witness.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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