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• My arms wheeled frantically in the air as I tried to signal for help.From the entry signal
• Some play side by side, some frantically text distant servermates; others are powerlevelling with near-catatonic detachment.2004 June, “Lost in convention: What happens when thousands of EverQuest fans meet in Las Vegas? We find out…”, in Edge, number 137, Bath…. From the entry powerlevel
• She frantically summoned the flight attendant and gasped, “Whifty, I'm feeling whifty.”2001, Barbara Rollin, Ask!, →ISBN. From the entry whifty
• Swimming frantically, each with one arm, we waited for the boat to turn and rescue us.1999, C. R. Gutermuth, “[Fishing Adventures] Life Hung on an 18-Thread”, in The World of Incredible Outdoor Adventures: Hair-raising…. From the entry life-preserver
• Frantically, as you hear the third ring, you yell to your wife in the den, "Honey!1985, Russell H. Dilday, Personal Computer: A New Tool for Ministers, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry namenesia
• He slapped her with his hat and clicked his tongue frantically.1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices. From the entry sumbitch
• 'But I did like him,' I said frantically to clear my head so I could be reasonable.1977, Judith Rossner, Attachments, Sevenoaks, Kent: Coronet Books, →ISBN, page 165. From the entry fumper
• "Oh—this is terrible!" she broke out frantically—and she began to walk the floor.1913, Kathleen Norris, “Rising Water”, in Poor Dear Margaret Kirby and other Stories. From the entry walk the floor
• Thomas added: "We presented our experiences of frantically trying to collapse a pram, surrounded by loads of grumpy commuters.2023 August 9, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Family-friendly travel: new standard covers pushchairs”, in RAIL, number 989, page 26. From the entry collapse
• However, shortages have seen customers yelling at employees, and abusing staff members as they work frantically to keep up with demand.2020 March 17, Freya Noble, “'Our team are here to help, not hurt': Woolworths urge customers not to abuse staff”, in Nine News, archived…. From the entry abuse
• On the TV news men in pink and saffron turbans are at the airport, jigging frantically to the music of dhols.2017, Salman Rushdie, The Golden House, Jonathan Cape, published 2017, page 106. From the entry dhol
• The boy redoubles his efforts, frantically rubbing at the redskinned fruit to make it look brighter and feel softer.2011, Ed Hillyer, The Clay Dreaming, Myriad Editions. From the entry gawf
• Anna continued to pace and talk frantically, “She’s going to hate us both for this and with good reason.2009, Susan Becker, Rose Worthy. From the entry besmooch
• I but pity him, who, losing me, found the bright stars dimmed, And frantically seized you as a life buoy.2008, Fleur Yano, Collected Writings of Flora Belle Jan, page 89. From the entry life buoy
• Frantically, Brienne moved to its side, pitching the reins over the beast's head, and jammed her foot into the stirrup.1991, Kathleen Kirkwood [pseudonym; Anita Gordon], chapter 21, in The Valiant Heart, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN; revised edition…. From the entry skew
• TV crews and reporters were soon scurrying frantically to satisfy the medium’s insatiable appetite for novelty, sometimes achieving massive inanity instead.1972 March 6, “China Coverage: Sweet and Sour”, in Time. From the entry banquet
• Hearing this; King Lire frantically shouts.2020 June 24, William I Gladden, “The Invasion”, in King Lire: The Liar […], [United States]: Royalty Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 34. From the entry ministrational
• Many have taken donations of food and toiletries from their communities, and frantically called their banks and credit unions to try to avert financial disaster.2019 January 24, Tara Law, “There’s a Food Pantry at the Coast Guard Academy. How the Shutdown Is Causing Special Pain for Service…. From the entry basic
• The Sara frantically respotted fighters for launch, even while Fletcher and Kinkaid warily tracked the suspected enemy group circling to the southwest.2013, John Lundstrom, Black Shoe Carrier Admiral, →ISBN. From the entry respot
• “Charlie,” she yelled, sitting up and frantically looking down the front of her nightie, acting as though I'd debreasted her or something.2005, Phillip Gaustad, Carlocito, page 8. From the entry debreast
• The 'Dusties' — supply Petty Officers were frantically pumping out the kit, gas masks, kit bags, blankets, army boots, toilet bags, socks, underclothes.1992, J. W. MacKintosh, The Hunts and the Hunted, page 10. From the entry dusty
• Towards the end of the interview, Kirkby frantically signalled Israel — the duke of York was approaching down the Privy Gallery that led to the 'red room'.2022, Victor Stater, Hoax: The Popish Plot that Never was, page 47. From the entry red room
• In Case's corner, the trainer was working frantically on the bad eye, squeezing something from a tube and mooshing it around with the tips of his fingers.2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN. From the entry moosh
• Breathing had become difficult, swallowing acutely painful, and sleep an impossibility—for whenever he dropped off, the patient would choke and wake up frantically struggling for air.1962, Aldous Huxley, chapter 8, in Island, New York: Bantam, published 1963, page 123. From the entry impossibility
• And, while he sleeps, the indwelling Compassion preserves him, willy nilly, from the suicide which, in his waking hours, he has tried so frantically hard to commit.1948 August, Aldous Huxley, “The Script”, in Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 154. From the entry willy nilly
• The Major’s fury clothed and reclothed itself in words as frantically as a woman up in town for one day’s shopping tries on a succession of garments.1910, "Saki", H. H. Munro, The Bag,https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1870/1870-h/1870-h.htm#page75. From the entry rail
• Ususally his whip-cracking reflexes had him out of bed in a flash and jerking on his shorts and sockasins while he frantically hunted around for the jar of beard-dissolving cream.2023 November 9, Fritz Leiber, chapter 1, in Erik Schreiber, editor, The Green Millennium, volume 18, Good Press, →ISBN. From the entry soccasin
• He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw. From the entry creak

Meaning of frantically

1. adverb In a frantic manner.
2. adverb Extremely; terribly.

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How do you use frantically in a sentence?

Frantically is used as an adverb. For example: “He searched frantically for his passport before the flight.”

What is a short sentence with frantically?

“Hearing this; King Lire frantically shouts.”

What does frantically mean?

Frantically means in a frantic manner.