plural frenzies
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a
: a temporary madness
in a rage amounting to a frenzy
b
: a violent mental or emotional agitation
… almost weeping in a frenzy of anxiety …—
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: intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity
a shopping frenzy
… the mob chanted itself into a frenzy …—C. Carr
C. CarrExamples of frenzy in a Sentence
Noun
the buying frenzy just before Christmas
in its frenzy to flee the danger, the crowd became uncontrollable, and a number of people were trampled to death
Verb
local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
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Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
Neville took his cameras behind the scenes at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H during multiple production weeks, capturing the frenzy of pitch meetings, writing night, table reads and dress rehearsals.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
That’s for Alysa Liu to know and the rest of us to witness in a screaming frenzy.
—Bowen Yang, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
This was the early breakthrough that Liverpool craved, an opportunity to shake PSG’s belief and to send the home supporters into a frenzy in a stadium that had been a cauldron of noise since kick-off.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Plus, the need to feed on easy-to-target baitfish during the first few days of warming water tends to send them into a frenzy.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
Neville took his cameras behind the scenes at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H during multiple production weeks, capturing the frenzy of pitch meetings, writing night, table reads and dress rehearsals.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
That’s for Alysa Liu to know and the rest of us to witness in a screaming frenzy.
—Bowen Yang, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
This was the early breakthrough that Liverpool craved, an opportunity to shake PSG’s belief and to send the home supporters into a frenzy in a stadium that had been a cauldron of noise since kick-off.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Frenzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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