frantically

Example Sentences

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Associated Newspapers, represented during the hearings by two "silks", or senior barristers, and a row of lawyers frantically scribbling in notebooks or tapping on tablets, has not been shy about proclaiming its innocence.

From BBC

When he received no response, he shuffled over to the board and start frantically digging.

From Seattle Times

After World War II, under a military dictatorship, Venezuela was pumping out oil and frantically building up its cities.

From New York Times

She said she walked to the church before the tornado because her sister called her Friday night and frantically said TV weather forecasters had warned a potentially deadly storm was headed her way.

From Seattle Times

Anti-abortion advocates in neon hazard vests frantically try to wave passersby down at the gates, hoping to talk them out of what they are about to do.

From Seattle Times