frantic
Example Sentences
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In case you missed it amid the frantic run-up to Christmas, the U.S. government just released its latest batch of economic data.
From MarketWatch
She and another neighbor tried to catch Athena, but the dog, frantic, kept running out of reach, almost getting hit by a car, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
The frantic warnings of a Cosmic Weatherman go unheard as winter, confoundingly, follows spring, and summer arrives as a double cataclysm of fire and floods.
A gentle simmer produces something entirely different from a frantic boil; a pan left alone rewards you more than one constantly fussed over.
From Salon
They also underscore the intensity of the frantic rush to build enough computing infrastructure to satisfy demand.
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