phrenetic

Example Sentences

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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)

Yet here I sit, as yet unimmolated on the altar of phrenetic vengeance.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

"How you must laugh, stranger, at seeing those miserable creatures who stupidly believe they are copying your country," the beggarly phrenetic continued shouting.

From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente

As the recitation of the prayers proceeds, you see the Boktè trembling in every limb, and gradually working himself up into phrenetic convulsions. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis

But those are more bold than wise who deny their existence, and who profess to explain all occult phenomena and phrenetic moral aberrations by physical causes.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.