: 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 clean tech sector's frenzied growth during Biden-era policy has slowed but, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its demise are grossly exaggerated.
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Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Six hours later, when the flight landed, the author opened her phone to a slew of frenzied notifications and messages.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the frenzied coverage of Prince Harry’s tea with the king last week has resurfaced family tensions that led father and son to go almost two years without meeting.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
Waves of trilobite extinctions swept the oceans, and an ancient planet better known for its explosion of life now saw the ambition of this frenzied new animal world periodically stifled under a high-CO2 hothouse.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Six hours later, when the flight landed, the author opened her phone to a slew of frenzied notifications and messages.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the frenzied coverage of Prince Harry’s tea with the king last week has resurfaced family tensions that led father and son to go almost two years without meeting.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
Waves of trilobite extinctions swept the oceans, and an ancient planet better known for its explosion of life now saw the ambition of this frenzied new animal world periodically stifled under a high-CO2 hothouse.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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 22 Sep. 2025.
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