Example sentences for: hissy

How can you use “hissy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Southern word for a “temper tantrum,' hissy (“She had a hissy when I told her she couldn't go”), first recorded in 1934, has three plausible derivations.

  • The one he throws is a hissy fit that's so spurious he even loses his Arkansas accent--he turns into a Texan.

  • He has turned into a huge drag, stomping around, crashing his SUV, and throwing hissy fits at the world.


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