frantic

Example Sentences

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At around 11 p.m. on a rainy night, Sukraj Rai, 42, a schoolteacher in Rangpo Forest, began getting frantic calls warning him that the Teesta was rising and that the Chungthang dam had broken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

So in the frantic hours before officers took her parents away to immigration detention, her mom turned to their pastor and his wife.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Twice in the last 50 years, crises in the Mideast, one of them centered in Iran, have turned Americans into frantic hunter-gatherers for another necessity: fuel for their gas tanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

On Dubai's artificial island, empty beaches stand in stark contrast to frantic hotel lobbies, where stranded tourists have taken shelter as they wait for a way home.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The hallway is packed with kids, all frantic, all babbling at the same time.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman