On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Hissy. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Hissy in a sentence
Hissy meaning
- Accompanied with hisses.
- Making a hissing sound.
- Childish or petulant.
Using Hissy
- The main meaning on this page is: Accompanied with hisses. | Making a hissing sound. | Childish or petulant.
- In the example corpus, hissy often appears in combinations such as: hissy fit, having hissy.
Context around Hissy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hissy
- In this selection, "hissy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, barking, initial, fit and fits stand out and add context to how "hissy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include blown barking hissy fit and day for hissy fits and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hissy" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hissy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Donald Trump is having a hissy fit again. (8 words)
Walked into the room froze & went into a full blown barking hissy fit. (13 words)
Oh, you mean when that idiot Cuomo was having a hissy fit because he couldn’t rattle his cage. (19 words)
The last episode saw Yara complain about New Orleans smelling like horse poo and pee, and she also threw a hissy fit over having to stay at Jovi’s mother’s house in Larose, Louisiana. (35 words)
Under normal circumstances, throwing a hissy fit in the middle of the airport might be seen as “immature” or “a potential security risk”–but, just this once, you’ll have an excuse. (32 words)
When New York Times columnist Bret Stephens had a hissy fit this week over a comment on Twitter, it made me think about the feedback I get myself. (28 words)
And you're going to try to pitch a hissy fit about the town finally trying to do something with it? (21 words)
Wang’s initial hissy-fit-driven move to Brooklyn inspired all sorts of rationalizations of how it was a savvy business decision—Brooklyn is full of people! (27 words)
Example sentences (9)
Donald Trump is having a hissy fit again.
Parents need to be patient with their kids today because this is the classic day for hissy fits and meltdowns.
The last episode saw Yara complain about New Orleans smelling like horse poo and pee, and she also threw a hissy fit over having to stay at Jovi’s mother’s house in Larose, Louisiana.
Under normal circumstances, throwing a hissy fit in the middle of the airport might be seen as “immature” or “a potential security risk”–but, just this once, you’ll have an excuse.
And you're going to try to pitch a hissy fit about the town finally trying to do something with it?
Oh, you mean when that idiot Cuomo was having a hissy fit because he couldn’t rattle his cage.
Walked into the room froze & went into a full blown barking hissy fit.
Wang’s initial hissy-fit-driven move to Brooklyn inspired all sorts of rationalizations of how it was a savvy business decision—Brooklyn is full of people!
When New York Times columnist Bret Stephens had a hissy fit this week over a comment on Twitter, it made me think about the feedback I get myself.
Common combinations with hissy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: