frantic

Example Sentences

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Nate’s voice is frantic as he pulls his boat alongside Dad’s rapidly disappearing one.

From Literature

So in the frantic hours before officers took her parents away to immigration detention, her mom turned to their pastor and his wife.

From Salon

Twice in the last 50 years, crises in the Mideast, one of them centered in Iran, have turned Americans into frantic hunter-gatherers for another necessity: fuel for their gas tanks.

From Los Angeles Times

But nights can mean frantic calls for the police, or for an ambulance or the hospital.

From Literature

There has been much debate about whether Louis Rees-Zammit was suited to the full-back role and he was prominent in the frantic early exchanges.

From BBC