frantically
adverb
fran·ti·cal·ly
ˈfran-ti-k(ə-)lē 
: in a frantic manner : in a nervously hurried, desperate, or panic-stricken way
[Carlton] Fisk stood several feet down the line, frantically urging the ball fair with his hands. It hit the yellow foul pole above the wall, a home run.—
Ron Fimrite
Ron FimriteWine companies, fearing that younger drinkers are slipping out of their grasp, have been frantically trying to create products that will be viewed as edgy, hip and fun.—Mitch Frank
Mitch FrankDuring the new moon, a hatch of baby sea turtles erupts from the sand, struggling frantically to get to the ocean.—Bernice Notenboom
Bernice NotenboomExamples of frantically in a Sentence
the veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster
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—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Amy Schoenfeld Walker, New York Times, 22 June 2025
In the footage, Usopp was pacing his kennel, frantically leaping at the walls.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
As Washington frantically wields tariffs and looks poised to add trillions more to the U.S. national debt, many investors are eager for an alternative to U.S. assets and the dollar.
—Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2025
Large drips of white and blue paint obscure the chattering teeth frantically farmed in red in the lower canvas, hinting at water and perhaps someone being silenced.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frantically. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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