2008, Kresley Cole, Dark Needs at Night's Edge, Pocket Books (2008), →ISBN, page 219:
"My hubby's there with his kinsmen. He loathes girls' night out—throws a mantrum every week. So I suppose I could go relieve his misery."
2010, Lillian Glass, Toxic Men: 10 Ways to Identify, Deal with, and Heal from the Men Who Make Your Life Miserable, Adams Media (2010), →ISBN, page 192:
Sometimes mirroring the bully's behavior puts a stop to things. It certainly is worth a try. In the middle of one of his “mantrums,” mirror him back and watch what happens.
2011, C. B. Cole, Winter, Deer Hawk Publishing (2011), →ISBN, page 105:
His jealousy of Bren led to more than one "mantrum" in the past and her associations with Bren were infinitely more defensible than this one would be.
2013, Kelda, Men Under a Microscope, AuthorHouse (2013), →ISBN, page 55:
“Various reasons” would be my answer, but a mantrum is mainly used to take the spotlight off the real nature of any situation that a man is afraid to confront.
"Can someone please explain the male brain to me? First he was mad about Mom, then I was about to give him the head of his lifetime, and then I'm trying to save his business, and then he goes and throws a huge mantrum."
