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phrenetic

[fri-net-ik] / frɪˈnɛt ɪk /




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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 G. G. Findlay

It was a phrenetic indictment, but under the paltry rhetoric of the man there was genuine indignation and pain.

From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad

Nothing equals the rage of this phrenetic man, who was not satisfied with exhaling his fury in horrid declamations, but who was for putting all in practice.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli

I swore it in a mighty frenzy of repentance, in a very lust to do battle with Satan and with my own flesh and a phrenetic joy to engage in the awful combat.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Rafael Sabatini

"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 Vicente Blasco Ibáñez




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