fit of anger

collocation in English

meaningsoffitandanger

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fit
adjective
uk
/fɪt/us
/fɪt/
healthy and strong, especially as a result ...
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anger
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæŋ.ɡər/us
/ˈæŋ.ɡɚ/
a strong feeling that makes you want to hurt someone or be unpleasant because of something unfair or unkind that ...
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(Definition offitandangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffit of anger

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There is no doubt that there are certain magistrates who very often make up their minds about sentences in afitofanger.
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It should not be used, for example, where one party wants to make a point in afitofangeror to teach the other party a lesson.
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He catches his son in an embrace with another man, and in afitofangerpushes them apart.
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She sees through his charade and in afitofanger, she leaves.
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He could be reserved but also wrecked his workshop once in afitofanger.
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Wynant is confined to home under doctor's orders and, in afitofanger, experiences a spontaneous recovery from the arthritis in her hands.
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The professor told him not to attend his class in afitofanger.
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The woman, in afitofanger, taunted the king that he could not separate two fighting bulls and proceeded to do so herself.
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This provokes a terriblefitofangeron her part.
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In afitofangershe grabbed her husband's red flannel long johns, ground them up and threw them into the hash she was preparing.
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At his very tender age, in afitofangerhe was driven out of the house by his father as useless and the neighbors brought him up.
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Ivanov's anger is aroused by the false accusation and in afitofangerhe reveals to her that she is dying.
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The wizard who owned her tried to chain her to a fence to calm her fits of anger.
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While many philosophers and writers have warned against the spontaneous and uncontrolled fits of anger, there has been disagreement over the intrinsic value of anger.
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He soon realized this should never come to pass and gave way to fits of anger over the dilemma.
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They all rejected the spontaneous, uncontrolled fits of anger and agreed on both the possibility and value of controlling anger.
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Difficulty in falling or staying asleep, unexpected episodic fits of anger, and hypervigilance may also occur.
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Vera was a troubled child, prone to violent fits of anger, and suffered what was officially described as a nervous condition.
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In many of his films, he played the role of a humorously excitable, cranky, middle-aged or mature man with a propensity to hyperactivity, bad faith, and uncontrolled fits of anger.
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