: feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
frenzied dancing
frenziedly
adverb
Examples of frenzied in a Sentence
The screams of the fans grew more frenzied as the concert progressed.
the frenzied scene at the mall in the final week before Christmas
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During the frenzied pre-sale, though, frustrated fans described being in queue for hours on end and often ending up empty-handed for the initial run of U.K. and Irish dates.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2025
On the train, Amina sat next to a woman travelling alone with her baby, who was refusing to nap despite the mother’s frenzied attempts.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
The most monumental pieces, simply called the Ten Largest, were dramatic tempera pigment works on paper more than ten feet tall and had been completed in a frenzied nine-week period in 1907.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
That’s the advice from real estate agents in Boston (a hot, fast-selling market where buyers tussle over scarce houses) and in Dallas (a cooler, slower-selling market where competition isn’t so frenzied).
—Nerdwallet, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2025
On the train, Amina sat next to a woman travelling alone with her baby, who was refusing to nap despite the mother’s frenzied attempts.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
The most monumental pieces, simply called the Ten Largest, were dramatic tempera pigment works on paper more than ten feet tall and had been completed in a frenzied nine-week period in 1907.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
That’s the advice from real estate agents in Boston (a hot, fast-selling market where buyers tussle over scarce houses) and in Dallas (a cooler, slower-selling market where competition isn’t so frenzied).
—Nerdwallet, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for frenzied
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“Frenzied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzied. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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