Examples of tantrum in a Sentence
had a tantrum when he found his little sister using his model paints
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However, his game Thursday was akin to a temper tantrum.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Grown adults having tantrums in public because a kid acted like a kid in their presence.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Be Sympathetic In the days following daylight saving time, try to be more forgiving if your child is throwing extra temper tantrums or seems to be particularly frustrated or emotional.
—Dina Roth Port, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
Complicating matters, the 30-year-old MLS newcomer was held out of the past two games, Varas disciplining him for a tantrum after the coach benched him at halftime three weeks ago in Houston.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Grown adults having tantrums in public because a kid acted like a kid in their presence.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Be Sympathetic In the days following daylight saving time, try to be more forgiving if your child is throwing extra temper tantrums or seems to be particularly frustrated or emotional.
—Dina Roth Port, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
Complicating matters, the 30-year-old MLS newcomer was held out of the past two games, Varas disciplining him for a tantrum after the coach benched him at halftime three weeks ago in Houston.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Tantrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tantrum. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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tantrum
noun
tan·trum
ˈtan-trəm 
: a fit of bad temper
Medical Definition
tantrum
noun
tan·trum
ˈtan-trəm
: a fit of bad temper
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