phrenetic
Example Sentences
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It was a phrenetic indictment, but under the paltry rhetoric of the man there was genuine indignation and pain.
From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
And now, as might be expected, Jack's disorder, which had hitherto been comparatively of the calm and melancholy kind, broke out into the most violent and phrenetic exhibitions.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various
Indeed, this word phrenetic or maniac is no reproach; it is identical with mantic --prophetic.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
Weakly at first he fought off his captor; then, as fear overwhelmed him, he became possessed of a phrenetic energy and struggled with the strength of two men.
From The Winds of Chance by Rex Ellingwood Beach
They tell us that, as the disorder proceeds, it eats into the brain; either causing the dog to be destroyed, or driving it phrenetic.
From The Dog by Dinks
