: feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
frenzied dancing
frenziedly
adverb
Examples of frenzied in a Sentence
The screams of the fans grew more frenzied as the concert progressed.
the frenzied scene at the mall in the final week before Christmas
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Each of those reached a new deal without a blackout albeit some did so with some frenzied moments as deadlines loomed.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
The 2000s Sacramento Kings star guard looks fit enough to curl off a screen and coolly drop in an 18-footer jumper in front of a frenzied home playoff crowd, but Bibby does his basketball work now with a whistle.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
But Septime Webre’s choreography is supposed to have the air of wild and sometimes frenzied social dancing, of Charlestons and Fox Trots and Black Bottoms, of indulging the glorious excesses of the 1920s before the greedier side of the American Dream comes crashing down a few years later.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Imagine the frenzied competition in the crooked-cop sweepstakes to win such a coveted honor!
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
The 2000s Sacramento Kings star guard looks fit enough to curl off a screen and coolly drop in an 18-footer jumper in front of a frenzied home playoff crowd, but Bibby does his basketball work now with a whistle.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
But Septime Webre’s choreography is supposed to have the air of wild and sometimes frenzied social dancing, of Charlestons and Fox Trots and Black Bottoms, of indulging the glorious excesses of the 1920s before the greedier side of the American Dream comes crashing down a few years later.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Imagine the frenzied competition in the crooked-cop sweepstakes to win such a coveted honor!
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for frenzied
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“Frenzied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzied. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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