How to Use tantrum in a Sentence

tantrum

noun
  • How will the Fed respond to the tantrum in bond markets?
    John Detrixhe, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2021
  • This guy had a tantrum at a Starbucks and his pants fell down.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The fun and the sun culminated in a first-class tantrum.
    Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Losing his cool and throwing a tantrum on the court isn't a good look.
    J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2018
  • The Sun appears to have thrown a temper tantrum last week.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The tears, the tantrums – many parents will know the feeling only too well.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Once again, Steve Carell is the star of the show going into full Michael tantrum mode.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
  • James spoke for the entire NBA with that temper tantrum.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2018
  • And then Donald Trump got out there and just threw a temper tantrum.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • That’ll likely cause our spoiled investors to throw a tantrum!
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • To round out the vibe, throw a tantrum until someone gives you a Mountain Dew.
    Jen Spyra, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
  • To convince her, Christine didn’t beg or throw a teenage tantrum.
    The Lost Women Of Science Initiative, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Your boss wants 20 million things from you and so does the 5-year-old who is throwing a tantrum at your feet.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
  • That’s the point of the tantrum over uranium stockpiles and the recent attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 June 2019
  • The no-call set Johnson off on a tantrum, and he was hit with a yellow card for dissent.
    Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 13 May 2018
  • Through these temper tantrums, Donald Trump is telling a whole lot of lies.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Anyhow, Stoltenberg appeared to take Trump’s tantrum in stride.
    Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 11 July 2018
  • If there was a temper tantrum during a lesson, the child could close the laptop and walk away.
    Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Every year, someone has a full-on tantrum over corned beef.
    Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Make sure that doesn’t include throwing tantrums as the moon and Mercury clash.
    USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The right-wing tantrum over the Homeland Security plan is a case in point.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 4 May 2022
  • Eilish’s pop-song tantrums and Keys’s false piety give music the power to keep us apart.
    Armond White, National Review, 27 Jan. 2020
  • On the night of the book release, their 3-year-old son, Harrison, threw a temper tantrum.
    Ragan Clark, Dallas News, 30 July 2019
  • Or maybe Zalie will throw a tantrum, as two-year-olds are wont to do, and her parents will need to swoop in.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 17 May 2018
  • It’s late, dinner is just now on the stove, your phone is ringing, and your child’s tantrum begins.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Of note, Montez Ford was kicked out of this match for throwing a temper tantrum.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Camille takes to her car and has a little tantrum, but spots Amma roller skating down the street on her own.
    Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 23 July 2018
  • Watch this dad’s adorable trick for avoiding temper tantrums over what his 5-year-old wants to wear.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Will’s fixation on Dunkin’ Donuts and passenger seat tantrum when Harper refuses to stop is too funny.
    Tamara Southward, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
  • And that will result in more tantrums, meltdowns and infuriated passengers dumping the contents of their carry-ons into the trash at the airport.
    Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024

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