frantically
adverb
fran·ti·cal·ly
ˈfran-ti-k(ə-)lē 
: in a frantic manner : in a nervously hurried, desperate, or panic-stricken way
[Carlton] Fisk stood several feet down the line, frantically urging the ball fair with his hands. It hit the yellow foul pole above the wall, a home run.—
Ron Fimrite
Ron FimriteWine companies, fearing that younger drinkers are slipping out of their grasp, have been frantically trying to create products that will be viewed as edgy, hip and fun.—Mitch Frank
Mitch FrankDuring the new moon, a hatch of baby sea turtles erupts from the sand, struggling frantically to get to the ocean.—Bernice Notenboom
Bernice NotenboomExamples of frantically in a Sentence
the veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster
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The sky flashes with lightning as frantically as a toddler with a light switch.
—Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Even the Dodgers, the team that seemingly had everything, are frantically trying to shore up a porous bullpen.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
In the video, the women can be heard screaming frantically while a dog at a fence barks loudly at them.
—Michael Dorgan , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
And Commerce—with its tariff-enforcement authority—is at the center of the Administration’s efforts to frantically rework the flow of global trade.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Even the Dodgers, the team that seemingly had everything, are frantically trying to shore up a porous bullpen.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
In the video, the women can be heard screaming frantically while a dog at a fence barks loudly at them.
—Michael Dorgan , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
And Commerce—with its tariff-enforcement authority—is at the center of the Administration’s efforts to frantically rework the flow of global trade.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frantically. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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