frantic
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To win with 10 players in these surroundings, frantic to the point of hysteria as 11 agonising minutes were added on, only underscores just how good this was.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Their frantic energy would fit in right alongside Mack Sennett’s pie-throwers and the primitive animated shorts of Felix the Cat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Not everyone heeds the finality of the message, however, as frantic family and friends refuse to give up on loved ones trapped under the debris.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Others that begin well and then fall over: Mr. David does a fairly dead-on impersonation of Joseph McCarthy, but the sketch has nowhere else to go and so turns frantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Molly had made a strange, almost strangled noise, and the frantic way she had shoveled down the leftover challah told her enough.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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