How to Use tantrum in a Sentence

tantrum

noun
  • Adult stars throw tantrums over less.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • How does a rabbit throw a tantrum?
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But psychosis does not present as a tantrum.
    — Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
  • This time, there were no temper tantrums.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The toddler cries more, throws tantrums.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This wasn’t even a tantrum, just more of that quiet seething.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • And if a toddler tantrum cuts dinner short?
    — Michelle Stansbury, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • This guy had a tantrum at a Starbucks and his pants fell down.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Or the grocery store, where tantrums can erupt at any moment.
    — Anna Spoerre, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • That’ll likely cause our spoiled investors to throw a tantrum!
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Losing his cool and throwing a tantrum on the court isn't a good look.
    — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2018
  • Children can cheat, destroy, throw tantrums.
    — Maria Balaska, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Threw a bit of a tantrum by lying down on a table behind the bench.
    — Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • For Young, this amounts to a major temper tantrum.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing compares to that tantrum.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • Brown threw a temper tantrum on the sideline during the first half of the game.
    — Ryan Wooden, ajc, 1 Oct. 2017
  • To convince her, Christine didn’t beg or throw a teenage tantrum.
    — The Lost Women Of Science Initiative, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Parents are trying this new tactic to stop their kids' tantrums.
    — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The tantrum, of course, was the perfect capstone to the story.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2017
  • And this toddler galaxy is throwing quite the tantrum.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Now there’s evidence that the approach can help with tantrums.
    — Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The tears, the tantrums – many parents will know the feeling only too well.
    — Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Caregivers may be tempted to let kids win or even cheat to avoid meltdowns and tantrums.
    — Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The parents would say the tantrums strike in an instant, sometimes out of the blue.
    — Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Their youngest, a boy whose exact age is not given, is in the midst of a tantrum on the kitchen floor.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Wendy screams, her horror expressed in an 11-year-old’s tantrum.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Part of raising a preschool age kid is dealing with some defiance and tantrums.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Any parent who has ever endured a tantrum when screen time is cut off will feel the sting of those words.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • Impatience could take hold, leading to tantrums.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Make sure that doesn’t include throwing tantrums as the moon and Mercury clash.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024

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