plural frenzies
1
a
: a temporary madness
in a rage amounting to a frenzy
b
: a violent mental or emotional agitation
… almost weeping in a frenzy of anxiety …—
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: intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity
a shopping frenzy
… the mob chanted itself into a frenzy …—C. Carr
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Examples of frenzy in a Sentence
Noun
the buying frenzy just before Christmas
in its frenzy to flee the danger, the crowd became uncontrollable, and a number of people were trampled to death
Verb
local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
Recent Examples on the WebCnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Denver’s 101-99 win Monday night came on a dramatic last-second shot from Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, sending the hometown Denver crowd into a frenzy at Ball Arena.
—Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
That right there moves me a lot just to fill the room with the spirit and just get people in such a frenzy and a loveful frenzy, that excites me.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and recently submitted a frenzy of legal filings trying to delay the trial, so far to no avail.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Ferguson’s anecdote caused a media and online frenzy with people trying to determine which of Ferguson’s former co-stars — which include several A-list actors — was the toxic thespian.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
The typed text created an online frenzy, as people stepped outside to watch the moon block the face of the sun.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Aware of the social media frenzy that the episode inspired online, Stark took to Instagram to add his voice into the mix.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2024
But a stock-market frenzy has supersized Trump Media’s value to about $5.5 billion — more than the market values of Macy’s, Columbia Sportswear and Alaska Airlines, which make billions in revenue a year.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
As the crowd was clearing out afterward, the jubilation quickly turned to frenzy.
—Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
Advertisement The outcry over the Angels’ waiver frenzy last week was ridiculous.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
Wall Street Journal Five Guys frenzy There are grand openings, and then there's the launch of Five Guys in South Korea.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 30 June 2023
Long before the globetrotting tours, the tabloid headlines, the Beatlesque frenzy that’s driving desperate parents to spend $12,000 for concert tickets, Taylor Swift got a crucial career break in a Livonia parking lot.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2023
The 10-piece band's high energy, coupled with the soulful vocals and electric performance of its frontman, known as Black Wolf, frenzied the audience, keeping them on their feet and wanting more.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
This has been a frenzied 72 hours for the Indianapolis Colts, a franchise that doesn’t do frenzy.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
Allow us to breakdown why these tumblers, of all the Starbucks tumblers, seem to frenzy customers the most: First, each tumbler comes in one color but turns into another when exposed to cold liquids.
—Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 27 May 2020
Noun
The indoor-only cat disappeared on April 10, sending her distraught owners into a frenzy of searching.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Denver’s 101-99 win Monday night came on a dramatic last-second shot from Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, sending the hometown Denver crowd into a frenzy at Ball Arena.
—Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
That right there moves me a lot just to fill the room with the spirit and just get people in such a frenzy and a loveful frenzy, that excites me.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and recently submitted a frenzy of legal filings trying to delay the trial, so far to no avail.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Ferguson’s anecdote caused a media and online frenzy with people trying to determine which of Ferguson’s former co-stars — which include several A-list actors — was the toxic thespian.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
The typed text created an online frenzy, as people stepped outside to watch the moon block the face of the sun.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Aware of the social media frenzy that the episode inspired online, Stark took to Instagram to add his voice into the mix.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2024
But a stock-market frenzy has supersized Trump Media’s value to about $5.5 billion — more than the market values of Macy’s, Columbia Sportswear and Alaska Airlines, which make billions in revenue a year.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Verb
Today, the media frenzy about who can be the next president or minister misses the point.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
As the crowd was clearing out afterward, the jubilation quickly turned to frenzy.
—Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
Advertisement The outcry over the Angels’ waiver frenzy last week was ridiculous.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
Wall Street Journal Five Guys frenzy There are grand openings, and then there's the launch of Five Guys in South Korea.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 30 June 2023
Long before the globetrotting tours, the tabloid headlines, the Beatlesque frenzy that’s driving desperate parents to spend $12,000 for concert tickets, Taylor Swift got a crucial career break in a Livonia parking lot.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2023
The 10-piece band's high energy, coupled with the soulful vocals and electric performance of its frontman, known as Black Wolf, frenzied the audience, keeping them on their feet and wanting more.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
This has been a frenzied 72 hours for the Indianapolis Colts, a franchise that doesn’t do frenzy.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
Allow us to breakdown why these tumblers, of all the Starbucks tumblers, seem to frenzy customers the most: First, each tumbler comes in one color but turns into another when exposed to cold liquids.
—Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 27 May 2020
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“Frenzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzy. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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