climbing the walls

Example Sentences

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“Let me just say that everyone trained fully and Sofia Jakobsson is kind of climbing the walls currently,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Social media posts show people climbing the walls to get in.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022

None of the other 39 athletes climbing the walls at Aomi Urban Sports Park have a story like the 24-year-old Condie's.

From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2021

My husband works at a historical site that is currently closed, and he’s home, climbing the walls.

From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2021

Flames were climbing the walls; the photo of Jimmy Dorsey was curling up.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides