Examples of tantrum in a Sentence
had a tantrum when he found his little sister using his model paints
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Last December, YouTube threw a tantrum and threatened that if Billboard did not count free and paid streams equally for chart purposes, YouTube would pull all its data from the Billboard charts.
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
Progressives are once again throwing a temper tantrum, acting like spoiled brats who can’t have another cookie.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
During one of her tantrums, Cathy walks by Heathcliff and other hired hands slaughtering a pig, the blood flooding the courtyard of Wuthering Heights.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
At its heart, the whole thing was essentially an angry tantrum over the elevation of a Latino, Spanish speaking, pro-immigration artist — who many conservatives assumed was not an American citizen — to one of the nation’s biggest stages.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
Progressives are once again throwing a temper tantrum, acting like spoiled brats who can’t have another cookie.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
During one of her tantrums, Cathy walks by Heathcliff and other hired hands slaughtering a pig, the blood flooding the courtyard of Wuthering Heights.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
At its heart, the whole thing was essentially an angry tantrum over the elevation of a Latino, Spanish speaking, pro-immigration artist — who many conservatives assumed was not an American citizen — to one of the nation’s biggest stages.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Tantrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tantrum. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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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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