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as in agitated
feeling overwhelming fear or worry
we were delirious with anxiety when the boy failed to return home
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
rushing about in a delirious state during the holidays
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Recent Examples of delirious
In addition, a psychiatrist testified about how people kept in solitary confinement can become confused and delirious, and a forensic scientist took the stand and criticized how state investigators handled the examination of an unspent round found near the girls’ bodies, WTHR reported.
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Eric Levenson, Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
The teenager, who’d been washed along by delirious crowds here en route to the semifinals, was beaten at all the important points of his match in table tennis by China’s Fan Zhendong, who’s a decade older, who’s the 2021 Olympic silver medalist and who’s one of the best players in his era.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
Between all the red carpets, festivals and interviews, Ronan is feeling delirious.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
His third directorial venture, The Host, is a delirious, exciting, funny, and at times quite terrifying genre mash-up with a side of social commentary.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Eric Levenson, Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
The teenager, who’d been washed along by delirious crowds here en route to the semifinals, was beaten at all the important points of his match in table tennis by China’s Fan Zhendong, who’s a decade older, who’s the 2021 Olympic silver medalist and who’s one of the best players in his era.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
Between all the red carpets, festivals and interviews, Ronan is feeling delirious.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
His third directorial venture, The Host, is a delirious, exciting, funny, and at times quite terrifying genre mash-up with a side of social commentary.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Earlier this month, a Manhattan jury acquitted former Marine Daniel Penny in the chokehold death last year of an agitated subway rider.Cedar Attanasio, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Also planning to attend is Daniel Penny, a military veteran who was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide this week in the chokehold death of an agitated subway rider in New York.CBS News, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
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This year's garment celebrates the hectic holiday season with a frantic, detachable cheeseburger.Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 13 Dec. 2024
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The big win of the night was for Sandro Botticelli’s 15th-century painting The Virgin and Child Enthroned, which sold after a frantic ten-minute bidding war between nine parties.George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, Jimmy was then able to forgive and come to the aid of a distraught Louis (Brett Goldstein), the man responsible for that death.Jim Halterman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
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Dell had his left leg immobilized in a brace, and Stroud and the rest of his teammates were distraught watching the second-year wide receiver get placed in the ambulance.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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The pair ended up shoving each other, with Ait-Nouri clearly furious before Wolves head of goalkeeping Neil Cutler and reserve goalkeeper Dan Bentley jumped between the pair and tried to shove Ait-Nouri away.Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather was out shopping in London this week when he and his entourage were seemingly targeted by an angry mob that, according to reports, were furious over his support for Israel.Fox News Staff, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nicole has got this mad playfulness as a performer.Marley Marius, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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The first-year director of sports performance is a culture-setting strength coach, mad sports scientist and vocal advocate for her athletes.Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Rather than being concerned that Musk has too much influence over the president-elect, Jayapal should be worried about who’s making decisions for the current president.Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
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Gift recipients are much less worried about when the gift arrives.Rebecca Walker Reczek, Cory Haltman, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Media coverage of Walker’s messy private life has been intense.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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All that pollution has already triggered more intense storms, wildfires, droughts, and other climate disasters.Justine Calma, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
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When Martin dies in class after getting frightened in a dream, the sheet is accidentally pulled off of his gurney to reveal his death rictus.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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His fervor to determine who took the weapon reveals a shockingly monstrous side, turning his wife and children into frightened suspects and leading to a jarring tonal-shift ending that proves to be a cathartic, believable final destination for a film simmering with mistrust and anger.Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Delirious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirious. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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