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Recent Examples of frantically Rich tried, frantically, to roll up the window. Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025 While the rest of the globe frantically fetishized growth targets, Bhutan shunned opportunities to monetize its considerable natural resources—including lumber, coal, and minerals—that would have come at the expense of the environment. By Charlie Campbell/gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025 The aviation industry is frantically searching for scalable solutions. Phil De Luna, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 Later, a boy spotted the car and frantically rode his scooter to try and get a better look. Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frantically
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frantically
Adverb
  • The duet continues throughout the chorus, with the woman singing the words and the dog barking along to the beat when given the microphone, and other people in the room laughing wildly at the interaction.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • As the game devolved into something rare and magical, Dallas’ inability to get out of their zone cleanly and wrest some manner of control of the proceedings was wildly apparent.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The Dolphins desperately need Jaelan Phillips and Bradley Chubb to come back from their knee injuries as forceful edge players, but there’s risk involved considering their individual medical history.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • President Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian people desperately want peace.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • All of it wild-caught.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Our first stop is in a wild-looking stretch 200 yards south of the railroad tracks and State Street.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023

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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantically. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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