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throwing a fit



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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

Such stunts require purchasing an airline ticket for the sole purpose of filming yourself throwing a fit and then not flying anywhere.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2021

And my guess is that you are never happier than when someone else’s kid is throwing a fit at the picnic.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 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