hectic

Example Sentences

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Recording sessions took several years, fitted in around McCartney's hectic touring schedule, as well as the production of the Beatles documentary Get Back and the writing of a memoir about the star's 1970s band, Wings.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

What you don’t mention in your letter is your monthly or annual expenses, nor your lifestyle, which may be less hectic given your arthritis symptoms.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

"It has just been fairly hectic, just watching the slurry tanks fill up," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

In addition to the 1,000, Stolz is racing the 500 and 1,500, as well as the mass start, a hectic competition that gave Corby the shivers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

—Plato I find, dear reader, that I have grown accustomed to the hectic pace of office life, an adjustment which I doubted I could make.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole