58 examples of tantrums in sentences

Them as is kerried off by tantrums, 'n' consorts with Papishers 'n' the Lord knows what, might see in this a judgment, ef they would.

That evil-tempered old woman, Mother Nature, in one of her worst tantrums, has been inflicting so many cuffs and blows on me that she has left me no energy or disposition to kick anythingeven myself.

"Law, Mr. Fitch, you don't know Ma yet; she is in one of her tantrums.

"Oh, let the little gal have her tantrums, sister-in-law," said he.

My uncle shrugged his shoulders as if to say that it was useless to argue with a woman's tantrums.

[Fr.], angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums. burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence &c 173; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words.

For some time after this there was no return of the "tantrums," as Selphar had called the condition, whatever it was.

The unprincipled traders, knowing this, and wishing to see him in one of his tantrums, began in a bantering way to question whether he had really shot a deer, since his wife was so long in coming with it.

Then things would go on as usual for perhaps another six months, when Mary would indulge again in one of her tantrums, with the same happy results.

" "Well, hold on," said her more matter-of-fact brother; "just as like as not Nanahboozhoo would give them salt instead of sugar, if he were in one of his tantrums.

But now you drink your tea, and get all settled down's quick's you can, for Captain Melville 'll be here any minute now I expect, an' he don't like tantrums.

It emejetly sot her into one of her cranky tantrums.

Perhaps the evils of excess, called sin, were after all due to defects in social and political institutions that had applied incorrect regulative principles, or to the selfishly imposed religious fears which had driven the healthy instincts into tantrums.

"Give her time to get over her tantrums.

Some of his tantrums, I daresay.

Tantrums would look like a word of popular coinage, and yet we find a respectable Old High German verb tantarôn, delirare, (Graff, V. 437,) which may perhaps help us to make out the etymology of dander, in our vulgar expression of "getting one's dander up," which is equivalent to flying into a passion.

"Rum tantrums!" ejaculated the corporal.

"The old lady was in one of her tantrums that night and part of the day before.

Temper tantrums are a child's S.O.S. (In PM

A woman should say to a man who sulks or goes into tantrums when she pays courteous attentions to relatives or acquaintances, "You are lowering my ideal of youI cannot love a man who will indulge such unworthy moods.

She can be most charming when she wants to be, but every once in a while she takes one of those silent tantrums, and there is no living with her until she gets over it.

You know she doesn't mean what she says in those tantrums of hers.

When she indulged herself in one of her frequent "tantrums" I adopted a carefully courteous, scrupulously formal attitude toward her, and dismissed her from my mind.

Henriette was more than willing, her parents' scruples and greed were appeased, and as for Sullywell, he must be left to get over his tantrums.

She was strong on the events in our nursery, and gave striking advice during our first visit to her about the way to deal with certain "tantrums" of our second child"little Billy-boy," as she called him, reproducing his nursery name.

58 examples of  tantrums  in sentences