How to Use fly off the handle in a Sentence

fly off the handle

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• And the person who flies off the handle potentially will be the loser.
  — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
• Ultimately, the best thing to do is to try to lie low and ground yourself rather than flying off the handle.
  — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
• The Dancing With the Stars judging panel almost got through Wicked night without flying off the handle.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
• These narrative choices were initially influenced by what wasn’t working in previous drafts, which was the narrator really flying off the handle.
  — Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
• However, seeing the obviously unwell Jane continually fly off the handle is challenging to watch, especially since her behavior is chalked up to bad nerves and a desperate desire to find a man who will save her from herself.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026