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Recent Examples of frantic Following years of frantic competition among developers at the tail end of the pandemic home-buying frenzy, demand for residential land has taken a dive, according to a new report by John Burns Research & Consulting (JBREC). Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Of course, Kenneth Branagh’s insane 1994 adaptation, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, probably hewed closest to the novel, and that movie and this one share a similarly frantic, gothic-romantic expressionism. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025 Hospital workers described a frantic race-against-time as workers rallied and sacrificed to help victims. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 Its drivers were barely trained and pressured to work at a frantic pace. Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frantic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frantic
Adjective
  • As officers tried to determine if he was connected to the disturbance, Cusick allegedly became agitated and produced a firearm, Depue said earlier.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The phenomenon is caused by a chemical reaction the algae produce when they are agitated or disturbed — if they are grabbed by a predator, for example, or experience a surge of movement from a wave or swimmer.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Allen leads Bills’ furious comeback After a fast start, the Bills’ offense had extreme difficulty getting things going downfield.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One of the worst losses from any team this season sparked reactions from furious Dodgers fans on social media.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • As police secured the area with crime scene tape, distraught family members began arriving at the scene late Sunday night, according to police dispatch audio.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The mother thanked officers and ran from the apartment, distraught and inconsolable.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Can decades of quotidian contentment really hold a candle to the mad blush of first love?
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Poetry walks with me each step of my mad thinking.
    Rickey Laurentiis, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite fierce opposition to certain kids books by conservative activists, Maricopa County, which serves 144,000 library cardholders, received only 12 formal letters asking for reevaluation of library books and DVDs since 2021.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In August, the discontent grew when a leak showed that the White House's forthcoming MAHA strategy report would sidestep tougher limits on pesticides and other agrochemicals, bowing to fierce industry pressure.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • People should be joyful, not worried.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • He’s not focused on the economy, which most Americans are worried about.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Both require intense concentration, in order to be any good, and diligent practice, and both make use of imagination—which in tennis takes the form of anticipation—and creativity.
    Thomas Swick September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Using towels and a garden hose fitted with a piece of wood, the rescuers guided the frightened kitten through the winding pipes.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • When 17 children from one classroom inexplicably run out into the night, a frightened insular community starts pointing fingers at their young schoolteacher (Julia Garner) and the sole survivor, Alex (Cary Christopher).
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Frantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantic. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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