as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
the frenetic rush to get every member of the cast in place before the curtain went up
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Recent Examples of frenetic
This has created a frenetic—and, some, say highly addictive—gambling experience, with many people now exclusively betting on props.
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Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Each episode is one hour in Robby’s frenetic day.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
That frenetic screech of packing tape echoing in your emptying home may send your blood pressure soaring.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
The show’s engine runs on frenetic cartoon logic and a dizzying cast of one-off characters like 3D Squelton, Count Groxia, God and Ronald Regan.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
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Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Each episode is one hour in Robby’s frenetic day.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
That frenetic screech of packing tape echoing in your emptying home may send your blood pressure soaring.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
The show’s engine runs on frenetic cartoon logic and a dizzying cast of one-off characters like 3D Squelton, Count Groxia, God and Ronald Regan.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frenetic
Adjective
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Marissa’s frantic initial attempts to find him and figure out what happened create a suspenseful, frightening opening.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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As the family's frantic search begins, the media is quick to point the finger at Marissa and her friend, Jenny Kaminski (Fanning), whose nanny, Carrie Finch (Sophia Lillis), becomes the prime suspect.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Cue more furious backlash from the Democratic base.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Sources said Turness, the BBC News chief, was blocked by the board from making a statement, a turn of events that is said to have left her furious.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Gas and dust fall into a rotating disk around the black hole, and as the debris spirals more rapidly, it becomes superheated, releasing intense radiation.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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True Ipomea batatas has bright orange flesh (although modern varieties have much more intense colors than older forms), occasionally white and rarely purple.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Between 2022 and 2023, a team from Arkeologerna conducted an intensive investigation in the southernmost area of the former city.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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The orbiters are expected to linger in a holding pattern before heading for Mars next year when the red planet is better aligned for a less fuel-intensive journey.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Elizabeth is the budding mad doctor’s fiancee, who’s dismembered under the blades of a rogue lawnmower in the opening scene of the film.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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In intra-party diplo-speak, that was about as fierce a burn as can come from the party’s central committee.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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The city’s fierce weather pattern is fueled by the same Arctic air mass expected to sweep through the eastern two-thirds of the US this week.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Frenetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frenetic. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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