phrenetic

Example Sentences

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And now, as might be expected, Jack's disorder, which had hitherto been comparatively of the calm and melancholy kind, broke out into the most violent and phrenetic exhibitions.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various

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

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

This was very new; it was also very strange what a fascination he found in his phrenetic exercises.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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)

"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