phrensy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In a few moments the phrensy seemed to pass away; the noise fell from a wild clamour to a slow chant, and the procession returned to the church.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd
"Thank you, Count, thank you," cried the man, grasping his hand in his with the vehemence of actual phrensy.
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
No mystic priest of the Corybantes could have worked himself up into a finer phrensy of language.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
What house, what family could e'er know peace, If such enthusiast's ravings were believ'd, And phrensy deem'd an insight of the future?
From The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Jephson, Robert
As Cyrus rode rapidly by, he saw Abradates in the midst of this scene, driving on in his chariot, and shouting to his men in a phrensy of excitement and triumph.
From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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