frantically

adverb

fran·ti·cal·ly ˈfran-ti-k(ə-)lē

: in a frantic manner : in a nervously hurried, desperate, or panic-stricken way

[Carlton] Fisk stood several feet down the line, frantically urging the ball fair with his hands. It hit the yellow foul pole above the wall, a home run.—

Ron Fimrite

Wine companies, fearing that younger drinkers are slipping out of their grasp, have been frantically trying to create products that will be viewed as edgy, hip and fun.—

Mitch Frank

During the new moon, a hatch of baby sea turtles erupts from the sand, struggling frantically to get to the ocean.—

Bernice Notenboom

Examples of frantically in a Sentence

the veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster

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His mind raced, frantically considering the options. —

Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024 In Part 2 of the final series, Rip is moving the Yellowstone cattle to Texas to save the herd from a deadly outbreak of brucellosis when Beth frantically calls him informing him of her father's death. —

Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024 That delay, similar to someone running late to work after frantically bobbing and weaving through a crowded city street, is one of the leading contributors to errors in navigation systems. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024 Family started messaging friends and calling each other frantically, trying to figure out what was going on. —

Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for frantically