throw a fit
Example Sentences
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Did you know our Sun can throw a fit - just like a toddler high on sugar?
From Space Scoop • Nov. 19, 2025
"We get what we get, we don't throw a fit, and you just figure out ways to make it work."
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022
Maybe Rachel Berry would throw a fit if her performance was ineligible for a Tony Award, but present-day Lea Michele insists that she isn’t bothered.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022
“It’s the second time we’ve had to do this with grown men who don’t get their way and want to pout and throw a fit and act up,” he said.
From Washington Post • May 19, 2022
As if Frank wouldn’t throw a fit for getting woken up by a blender.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
