: feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
frenzied dancing
frenziedly
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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 titular holiday in Plymouth, Mass., a frenzied crowd storms the local RightMart superstore in pursuit of Black Friday deals, resulting in the deaths of multiple shoppers.
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EW.com, 31 May 2024
Of course, Ferguson also wasn’t anticipating the frenzied rush of new entrants and new companies into the AI sector as soon as GPT hit the market at the end of 2022—nor the soaring valuations that LLM competitors would notch so shortly after.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 May 2024
Rescue efforts were still in their frenzied first stages as Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott walked along the water.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024
His guilty plea to insider trading in November 1986 and his $100 million penalty, a record at the time, sent shock waves through Wall Street and set off a cascade of events that marked the end of a decade of frenzied takeover activity and the celebration of conspicuous wealth.
—Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 20 May 2024
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EW.com, 31 May 2024
Of course, Ferguson also wasn’t anticipating the frenzied rush of new entrants and new companies into the AI sector as soon as GPT hit the market at the end of 2022—nor the soaring valuations that LLM competitors would notch so shortly after.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 May 2024
Rescue efforts were still in their frenzied first stages as Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott walked along the water.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024
His guilty plea to insider trading in November 1986 and his $100 million penalty, a record at the time, sent shock waves through Wall Street and set off a cascade of events that marked the end of a decade of frenzied takeover activity and the celebration of conspicuous wealth.
—Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 20 May 2024
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“Frenzied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzied. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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