as in wildly
in a confused and reckless manner
the veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster
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Recent Examples of frantically
The other is the agonizingly good stunt coordination by Julian Spencer that makes men slide in the mud frantically trying to grab and snap each other’s fingers.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Franco, a 23-year-old from Laredo, frantically swung the sledgehammer through heavy smoke.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
And wielding a knife at the still-attacking dogs, Donnell Smith frantically called 911 and tried to stop the bleeding from Cowan’s neck, court records show.
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Natasha Holt,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Instead of frantically digging through a tote at security, everything stays organized, easy to grab, and surprisingly chic.
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Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Franco, a 23-year-old from Laredo, frantically swung the sledgehammer through heavy smoke.
—
ABC News,
18 June 2026
And wielding a knife at the still-attacking dogs, Donnell Smith frantically called 911 and tried to stop the bleeding from Cowan’s neck, court records show.
—
Natasha Holt,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Instead of frantically digging through a tote at security, everything stays organized, easy to grab, and surprisingly chic.
—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for frantically
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frantically
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Those misses rarely occurred in season two, but three episodes into this season, the bat is flying wildly around the stadium, bonking people in the head in a freak mass-casualty bat-event.
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The good news is that right now, only the looming IPOs of Anthropic, which will be wildly oversubscribed, and OpenAI, which will be far more tepid, stand in the way of the next run for the market, as the coffers seem to be replenishing.
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On Thursday morning, one day after a double earthquake rocked Venezuela, the streets of Caracas were filled with families seeking shelter and desperately looking for loved ones.
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There was only debris and people desperately trying to rescue neighbors from the rubble.
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Two more runs scored in the fourth inning when Ohtani, Pages and Freeman strung together three consecutive two-out singles and Keller wild-pitched a run home.
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First, like cucumbers, squash is a wild-growing vegetable that competes for garden space, according to Dilmore.
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
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Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantically. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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