frenzied
Example Sentences
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The act of striving for more, like some frenzied truffle hound, is usually an attempt to override fear.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Predicting what may happen with the third, before calculating the second, only makes the first step seem even more frenzied.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
At times, the company’s frenzied acting becomes theatrically alienating.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
We saw some of the tightest security in recent years and witnessed the frenzied panic after one Oscar award became two when those vying for best short action film was announced as a historic tie.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Ophelia thought that Paul’s personality was built of oppositions—a need for frenzied activity that verged, she thought, on desperation, and a towering self-confidence oddly combined with a hunger for affirmation.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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