How to Use frantically in a Sentence

frantically

adverb

• Rogers called the police and frantically searched for the child.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
• Asha Lorenz sings, her words spilling out frantically.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
• Cass pumped frantically at the lever action and raised the rifle again.
  — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
• Residents searched frantically for places to buy food and bread, but most stores were closed.
  — Nimet Kirac, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• No more searching frantically for the missing tees, balls, or golf balls.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
• The one who is frantically looking for a reason why.
  — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
• The teen is seen frantically pulling a gun from his hoodie pocket and opening fire.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• Wolves coaches frantically tried to set the defense in case of a second miss.
  — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• In the video, the women can be heard screaming frantically while a dog at a fence barks loudly at them.
  — Michael Dorgan , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
• The sky flashes with lightning as frantically as a toddler with a light switch.
  — Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
• And shoppers are frantically searching for that last minute present.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
• His wife Pamela got the call and frantically raced to the office parking lot.
  — Laura Geller, CBS News, 4 June 2024
• Philemon, his back to her, is frantically knocking over tables and chairs as his legs turn to wood.
  — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
• Then seconds later the controller frantically called for the fire truck to stop.
  — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
• Later, a boy spotted the car and frantically rode his scooter to try and get a better look.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025
• David prays, frantically, as Tyler points the weapon at his sleeping daughter.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 July 2024
• When the gates opened, people surged forward, not frantically, but with relief.
  — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
• Peyton has a flight to catch in a few hours, and her line companion is frantically phoning a friend to come stand in for her.
  — Jenna Kunze, ELLE, 21 Apr. 2023
• Mays looked up, saw those familiar teeth, and frantically started trying to fill the hole.
  — Gqlshare, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
• While frantically searching, I was reminded there is truth to the idea that chaos spreads.
  — Ana Morales, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
• There's also a time-saving key leash that makes finding my keys a breeze — no need to frantically rummage through my bag.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• Let’s take advantage while the bots are frantically throwing trade tantrums!
  — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• Mark Slaugh spent most of that night frantically calling and texting to make sure his siblings were still alive.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 11 Dec. 2022
• And the mistakes, such as frantically learning — and failing — at how to build a river.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
• Out the window, the tops of the trees move frantically in the wind, a wind which descends from the wilder mountains further north.
  — Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
• Zormier raced around the house and saw the family in the basement frantically trying to get out.
  — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
• In the footage, Usopp was pacing his kennel, frantically leaping at the walls.
  — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
• Students hid behind walls, locked themselves into dorm rooms and frantically texted loved ones.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
• The whole time the drag buzzed as Pendergraft frantically turned the handle.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
• Meanwhile, the skipper and the rest of the crew work frantically to put the ship about and head back to recover the person.
  — David Szondy april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026