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
I can’t watch you throwing a fit at the barista who put foam on your triple-venti-soy-no-foam-latte order.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2020
The sherbet fizzed in your mouth, and if you knew how to do it, you could make white froth come out of your nostrils and pretend you were throwing a fit.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
