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adjective

frenetic

excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

In a sentence

Six example sentences with frenetic, each labelled with its topic.

  • The final ninety seconds turned frenetic, with three timeouts, two turnovers and a crowd that would not sit down.

    Basketball

  • Saturday service is frenetic: the pass fills, the printer never stops, and someone is always shouting for more parsley.

    Cooking

  • The drummer's frenetic solo left him soaked, and he had to be helped off before the encore.

    Music

  • Trading turned frenetic in the last hour, with brokers shouting across the floor as the index dropped four percent.

    Finance

  • The final wave is frenetic, with enemies pouring from every door while the timer flashes red overhead.

    Gaming

  • The week before launch was frenetic, with engineers sleeping under desks and the founder answering support tickets at dawn.

    Startups

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