frenetically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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I had gone from a high-intensity profession, a full family and social life and various volunteer commitments—all frenetically coordinated through my smartphone—to the unstructured rhythms of prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
But it’s a most delectably weird play, experimental in form and frenetically playful in language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
By the 1920s, the Los Angeles Basin had become the state's leading oil-producing region as prospectors frenetically developed one oil-rich deposit after another.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2023
Several medics worked frenetically to give Eriksen chest compressions while his teammates choked away tears and formed a circle around the midfielder to shield the scene from public view.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
It felt like little quakes of anxiety and excitement were vibrating under his skin, and Wylan seated next to him drumming frenetically on his kneecaps wasn’t helping him settle.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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