: feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
frenzied dancing
frenziedly
adverb
Examples of frenzied in a Sentence
The screams of the fans grew more frenzied as the concert progressed.
the frenzied scene at the mall in the final week before Christmas
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The Americans, playing in front of a frenzied crowed on home soil in the San Francisco Bay Area, were down a man and nursing a 1-0 lead.
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Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
As Norway has advanced in the World Cup, the atmosphere has grown more frenzied in the country than even during a summer or winter Olympics, Tufte said.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
Expecting the hoopla surrounding Emerson to be as frenzied, if not more so, Greer arranged a lunch with Witt, whose father played with him in the majors 30 years earlier.
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Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
For those of us who live in Australia, there was a surreal quality to witnessing the frenzied panic of a mass shooting unfold against one of the country’s most iconic backdrops.
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Oscar Schwartz,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
As Norway has advanced in the World Cup, the atmosphere has grown more frenzied in the country than even during a summer or winter Olympics, Tufte said.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
Expecting the hoopla surrounding Emerson to be as frenzied, if not more so, Greer arranged a lunch with Witt, whose father played with him in the majors 30 years earlier.
—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
For those of us who live in Australia, there was a surreal quality to witnessing the frenzied panic of a mass shooting unfold against one of the country’s most iconic backdrops.
—
Oscar Schwartz,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for frenzied
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“Frenzied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzied. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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