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The phrase "a sort of tantrum" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is exhibiting behavior similar to a tantrum, often in a less intense or formal way.
Example: "When he didn't get his way, he threw a sort of tantrum that surprised everyone in the room."
Alternatives: "a kind of outburst" or "a type of fit".
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This is a startlingly childish vision of adult life, and, like a child, Heti expresses her disappointment and her fear of being left behind by throwing a sort of tantrum.
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A: Sort of.
It's a sort of collective mass tantrum.
Such bizarre, seemingly overblown reactions to everyday sensations can end in tears, parents know, or escalate into the sort of tantrum that brings neighbors to the door asking whether everything's all right.
This is, at bottom, an argument about capitalism, not law, and Mr. Geoghegan is candid enough to suggest that the lawsuits he simultaneously deplores and advocates are a sort of guerrilla warfare — part harassment, part therapy, part tantrum.
"A sort of dream.
"A sort of blank".
A sort of aspic.
A sort of monster.
(A sort of cognitive disonance).
A sort of adventure, maybe.
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