: 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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The announcement prompted days of frenzied selling in global markets.
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Erin Doherty,kevin Breuninger,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 12 July 2025
After 10 minutes of frenzied bidding in Paris on Thursday, Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin sold for $10.1 million at Sotheby’s in Paris, shattering the previous record by nearly 20 times.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
When a frenzied cluster of infected, as the virus carriers are known collectively, bursts through the door and the screaming starts, the video image of Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po and Tinky-Winky gets splashed with blood.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
Instead, the president and his frenzied lickspittles pumped up the volume.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
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Erin Doherty,kevin Breuninger,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 12 July 2025
After 10 minutes of frenzied bidding in Paris on Thursday, Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin sold for $10.1 million at Sotheby’s in Paris, shattering the previous record by nearly 20 times.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
When a frenzied cluster of infected, as the virus carriers are known collectively, bursts through the door and the screaming starts, the video image of Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po and Tinky-Winky gets splashed with blood.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
Instead, the president and his frenzied lickspittles pumped up the volume.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 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 31 Jul. 2025.
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