How to Use frenetic in a Sentence

frenetic

adjective
  • The celebration was noisy and frenetic.
  • The Bear is loud and sweaty and frenetic.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Horror vacui might seem an apt term for these frenetic pages.
    — Ellen Handler Spitz, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • Part of the Hawkeyes’ scoring is due to their frenetic pace of play.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Of course, the players adore him because his style is frenetic and fun.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 June 2026
  • Bar lines spilled over as the frenetic crowd filled the theater in pursuit of their seats.
    — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Each episode is one hour in Robby’s frenetic day.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The three women thus embark on a frenetic race in search of freedom.
    — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Into a super frenetic and fun game show.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Into a super frenetic and fun game show.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 June 2026
  • The plot goes as weird and deep as players might want between the frenetic action.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2019
  • These houses make the frenetic world of the global art market work.
    — Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • He’s played with frenetic energy both in the midfield and at left back.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The last few months have been frenetic for this former Louisville standout.
    — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Run the Jewels came armed with a lights show that was as frenetic as its hard-hitting rhymes.
    — cleveland, 28 July 2022
  • As an escape from a frenetic world, the Azores feel like a pretty good place to be right now.
    — Trish Lorenz, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Carmona's goal capped a frenetic finish to the game, with all three goals coming in an eight-minute span.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There was a frenetic pounding on the second-floor doors to the chamber and to the gallery doors on the third floor.
    — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • In the film, sometimes there’s this frenetic pace, and then there’s this quite slow pace, and at times the camera work flips.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Three weeks to digest what happened over a frenetic weekend.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • In all the frenetic viral cloning, there can be small errors in the copies of genetic code.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 May 2020
  • The chaotic and frenetic event can draw crowds of tourists eager to soak up the atmosphere.
    — Isabelle Rodney, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
  • Moulin Rouge has such a frenetic energy that comes from the editing in the film.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Unlike the frenetic scene during last year's tragedy, roads are no longer blocked off and there are no markings around the crash site.
    — USA Today, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Thanks to the frenetic finger-pointing, the facts have not caught up to his myth-making–until now.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 14 June 2023
  • In the midst of a frenetic start and a powerful closing push, though, Fay took over.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Whenever the snakes show up, the tempo of the music grows frenetic.
    — Travis Deshong, chicagotribune.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The chords grow relentlessly faster, joined by frenetic strings.
    — Leila Fadel, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
  • As evening fell, the already dense traffic built to an even more frenetic pace, and the rhythm of the strugglers also picked up.
    — Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The film manages a frenetic pace within closed rooms to match the tension of a battlefield.
    — Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026

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