fit of temper
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffitandtemper
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fit
adjective
uk/fɪt/us/fɪt/
healthy and strong, especially as a result ...
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temper
noun
uk/ˈtem.pər/us/ˈtem.pɚ/
the tendency to become angry ...
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(Definition offitandtemperfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffit of temper
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He has also, in afitoftemper, thrown a hearing aid across the room.
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I know that expression was only used in afitoftemperand is, therefore, forgivable.
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I should make it clear that a real abnormality, not just an exceptionalfitoftemperor jealousy, must be proved before the clause will apply.
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In afitoftemper, a soldier may write to the paymaster, or say to his commanding officer, that he is not prepared to live with his wife any longer.
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Now he tells us that he made up his mind only late, apparently in a sort offitoftemper.
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There are many who might, in afitoftemper, leave their spouses and for want of some reconciling friend remain separated for three years or more.
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It means that if either spouse, in afitoftemper, after some angry words, desires to make such an application, he or she may do so.
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His record is not one of a man who acts lightly or in afitoftemper.
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Bellamont has afitoftemperand hits the keeper before the others come to his rescue.
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Are chimpanzees and anthropoid apes the only animals which are liable to sudden fits of temper?
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Edith did not understand his work and was prone to fits of temper and violence.
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Mendelssohn was frequently given to alarming fits of temper which occasionally led to collapse.
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A good worker but prone to fits of temper, he was generally kept chained to two calm female elephants during parades through the towns the circus visited.
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Although he is depicted as a brilliant scientist and inventor, at more than one-hundred and sixty years old he is extremely prone to age-related forgetfulness and fits of temper.
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Critics were baited with an acid tongue, and, in fits of temper, he could be a cruel mimic.
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