How to Use frantic in a Sentence

frantic

adjective
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  • The girl was frantic with fear.
  • They made a frantic search for the missing child.
  • They were making frantic preparations for the party.
  • Animals have been known to gnaw off their own limbs in frantic efforts to escape.
    — WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
  • To hug for the sake of hugging is as frantic and misguided as punching strangers in the face.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The Davises’ launched a frantic search, but Moe was never seen again.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The next few hours were a frantic search for an alternative flight that wasn't in danger of being grounded.
    — Peter Wilkinson, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The question of what could be done ignited a series of frantic calls back and forth between the two old friends that morning.
    — Jamie Gangel and Jeremy Herb, CNN, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The host then equalized in the 83rd minute courtesy of Andri Guðjohnsen to set up a frantic end to the game.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The audience watches as a frantic and bloodied woman struggles to free herself from the zip ties binding her hands.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The Legislature enters a frantic pace in its final hours of the year’s general session.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022
  • However, the GoPro camera taped to the capsule fell off in the descent — prompting a frantic search.
    — New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Tuesday’s shelling ignited a huge fire in a 15-story apartment building and spurred a frantic rescue effort.
    — Andrea Rosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The shelling ignited a huge fire and a frantic rescue effort in a 15-story apartment building in a western district of the city.
    — Andrea Rosa, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Kristy Nelson played a recording of her frantic 911 call reporting that her son was unresponsive.
    — CBS News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The fire, which broke out before sunrise, sparked a frantic rescue effort that succeeded in evacuating most of the 291 people on board.
    — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • But the longer the lockout lasts, the less time will be left for offseason transactions, and the more frantic the process will become for the Dodgers to bolster their roster before the start of the year.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Brady's mom immediately started making frantic calls to Florida, to Betts' mom.
    — Ginger Allen, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2022
  • So many artists are walking around, millions of dollars in debt so that our fans can listen to music for free on streaming services but spend $5k to go see a show, which only builds even more frantic competitiveness among the fans.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
  • But the book’s frantic pace and vivid prose feel true to the artist.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • No frantic running to the fridge or pantry mid-process.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The lead-up to the ball was both frantic, and, well, a little ridiculous.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Their speedy jumps looked to the naked eye like frantic fleeing.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
  • After a frantic hunt, Venus found the idol in the jungle.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
  • The frantic beating against the locked door in my mind grew louder.
    — Lane Scott Jones, Longreads, 25 June 2024
  • After a frantic search on the 2024 Golden Globes red carpet, the E!
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In the background of those frantic calls was an odd thumping boom like the bass of a rap song turned up too high.
    — Jenny Deam, ProPublica, 31 May 2022
  • The Pirates had a brief first-half lead, then their frantic finish.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2023
  • And her husband, Frédéric Thiébaud, was frantic with stress.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
  • His signature croak doesn’t mesh well with the frantic nature of the beat.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 13 Sep. 2024

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