frantically

Example Sentences

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I picture her frantically erasing her work on the math exam after I turned mine in and wish again that I’d tried to explain the two-variable equations when she asked me.

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I took off my parka, ran up the trail, and waved it frantically—a foolish thing to do, yet it saved us.

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‘See,’ I said, pointing frantically to the bottom of the page.

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I bolted out the door and ran onto the busy sidewalk, frantically looking up and down the street, scanning for his familiar face.

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I gestured frantically back in the direction of my house, and that was all it took.

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