as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas
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The crowd that greeted Kamala Harris in a high-school gym outside Milwaukee last month was delighted to the point of delirium.
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Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
As the limited series crams in countless details, the audience must examine too much at once, creating a state of delirium rather than the pulsating tone of a nail-biter.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 July 2024
Its content is adults-only, but its heavy reliance on violence and nudity plays as trashy and exploitative, lacking the visceral punch of Scott’s film or the operatic delirium of the Starz series.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
The connection post-workout might have stemmed from the intensity of pushing our physical limits or possibly from the delirium of not knowing what had just happened.
—Jillian Salas, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
As the limited series crams in countless details, the audience must examine too much at once, creating a state of delirium rather than the pulsating tone of a nail-biter.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 July 2024
Its content is adults-only, but its heavy reliance on violence and nudity plays as trashy and exploitative, lacking the visceral punch of Scott’s film or the operatic delirium of the Starz series.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
The connection post-workout might have stemmed from the intensity of pushing our physical limits or possibly from the delirium of not knowing what had just happened.
—Jillian Salas, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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