phrenetic
Example Sentences
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Weakly at first he fought off his captor; then, as fear overwhelmed him, he became possessed of a phrenetic energy and struggled with the strength of two men.
From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
They tell us that, as the disorder proceeds, it eats into the brain; either causing the dog to be destroyed, or driving it phrenetic.
From The Dog by Dinks
This was very new; it was also very strange what a fascination he found in his phrenetic exercises.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Then the engine-driver would go on towards the sound of the guns till you wondered, made uneasy by the signs without, whether he was phrenetic and intended to run the enemy down.
From Waiting for Daylight by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
And now, as might be expected, Jack's disorder, which had hitherto been comparatively of the calm and melancholy kind, broke out into the most violent and phrenetic exhibitions.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various
