: 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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Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2026
Nine people were hurt when gunfire set off a frenzied scramble for cover on a downtown street, according to investigators in North Carolina.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Even rave, which, frenzied and ecstatic, seems the opposite, had its own logic of form.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
That much was obvious at this stage of free agency, a frenzied sprint the Patriots often treated as the start of a marathon in the Belichick era before lapping the competition when the games started thanks in part to value signings.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
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Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2026
Nine people were hurt when gunfire set off a frenzied scramble for cover on a downtown street, according to investigators in North Carolina.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Even rave, which, frenzied and ecstatic, seems the opposite, had its own logic of form.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
That much was obvious at this stage of free agency, a frenzied sprint the Patriots often treated as the start of a marathon in the Belichick era before lapping the competition when the games started thanks in part to value signings.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Frenzied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzied. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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