: feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
frenzied dancing
frenziedly
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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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Live on SiriusXM’s Alt Nation, the 24-year-old performed the classic single with the frenzied yearning found throughout her own discography, her South London accent slicing through the simple piano melody.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
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But nights like Wednesday happen in the league around the trade deadline, with frenzied transactions upending families around the 28 NBA cities.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
Fort Lauderdale’s downtown has been undergoing a frenzied building boom, but this law paves the way for taller buildings far and wide throughout the city, ignoring height and density caps in an effort to spur the development of affordable housing.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
Buy Now on Drizly: $30 Best Barbados White Rum
The Real McCoy 3 Year Aged
Barbados’ Foursquare distillery, helmed by Richard Seale, produces aged rums that send serious rummies into spasms of joy and frenzied hunts for limited edition bottles.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
But nights like Wednesday happen in the league around the trade deadline, with frenzied transactions upending families around the 28 NBA cities.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
Fort Lauderdale’s downtown has been undergoing a frenzied building boom, but this law paves the way for taller buildings far and wide throughout the city, ignoring height and density caps in an effort to spur the development of affordable housing.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Frenzied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzied. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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