conniption

Example Sentences

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Then the museum’s collection manager had a conniption.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

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

“Just for today, sugarfoot,” she said when my sister had a conniption fit.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns