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Recent Examples of frenetic And more importantly, the Bulldogs should remain atop the SEC power rankings after adapting to and thriving against Tennessee’s frenetic style. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025 The frenetic energy carried on into Saturday night, the climax of the week, the event whence Burning Man gets its name, when the entire city gathers to watch a towering effigy go up in flames. Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025 Robinson’s arrest late Thursday capped a frenetic day-and-a-half search that just hours earlier seemed stuck when authorities pleaded for tips and leads from the public. Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025 The result is an intimate offering of access to heritage maisons and avant-garde craftsmen beyond the frenetic halls of Watches & Wonders, the world’s largest trade show. Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frenetic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frenetic
Adjective
  • The slog of recovery is what's stuck with her even more than the frantic and frightening hours of the storm.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Less than an hour after making his frantic and somewhat miraculous 59-yarder, Butker missed the 33-yard extra point wide right.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After reviewing those court records, anyone with an ounce of humanity would come away furious at the criminal cover-up perpetrated against innocent young children by priests.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • After going down 26-7 in the third quarter, the Eagles mounted a furious comeback at Lincoln Financial Field.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Watching the Ryder Cup at an open-air golf course presents a whole different challenge, and attendees were warned to be ready for an intense security operation on Friday.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In aviation, iridium-tipped electrodes are used in high-performance spark plugs, providing longer service life and reliable ignition under intense conditions.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • All applicants must be over 18 and able to attend an in-person intensive from May 27th to June 1st, 2026, at a private resort in Lake Arrowhead, California.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
  • What To Know The Lawsuit A yeshiva is a Jewish religious school, typically for boys, that focuses on intensive study of sacred texts such as the Torah and Talmud, with varying amounts of general secular education depending on the community.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Don’t be mad, and don’t try to hold them back with guilt.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Karl turned on the headlights and got the windshield wipers going at a mad slap.
    Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The bond between the two men was at the center of a fierce political conflict that spread in Washington, San Salvador and Miami.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And Kailey Agpaoa is goofy and funny as Doctor Sister, a self-sacrificing but fierce young woman who has given up her dreams to care of her aging parents while her older sister has a husband and medical career.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Frenetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frenetic. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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