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Example sentences for "frantically"

Lexicographically close words:
franklins; frankly; frankness; frankpledge; frantic; frantick; franticke; franticly; franzoesische; franzoesischen
  1. The story is told as inoffensively as possible, and the crowning irony of the shocked attitude of her respectable companions at her liberating them, though they have been frantically anxious she should do so, is sublime.

  2. But he falls frantically in love with her, and after some interval meets her again.

  3. She neglects him and he becomes quite frantic about her; he takes sudden dudgeon and she becomes frantically desirous of him.

  4. She opened her hand-bag, which was quite commodious, and began frantically to dig into its contents.

  5. Then suddenly Nan seized the bathing cap from her chum's head, and, pushing Bess aside, began to bail frantically with the rubber head covering.

  6. He leaped into the water, battling frantically with the current.

  7. Frantically it dug at the top of the dome, but it yielded no more than had the dam under the man's axe.

  8. It was all over; Paul saw that too well, he dashed frantically from the fatal billiard-room, and in the hall met Boaler preparing to admit the visitor.

  9. At last he could bear no more, and breaking away from his tormentors with a violent effort, he ran frantically down the silent road towards a house which he knew from former visits to be Dr.

  10. I am told that at the height of the boom Melbourne went frantically and absolutely mad.

  11. With a groan I rode after him, calling out to Shemuel to seek cover in the brush, but he only ran about on his hillock, dodging the infuriated trooper, and calling frantically to me that I must save myself for Miss Warren's sake.

  12. All guessed the cause as they saw Mrs. Percival wringing her hands frantically and gazing at an object in the sea.

  13. The men were pulling for their lives, I could notice, and the captain frantically urging them on.

  14. The passengers and crew were in despair, and believing that every succeeding billow would go over us and destroy us, they called frantically upon their gods!

  15. At her exultant cry, Sally rushed over and frantically assisted in the quest.

  16. Doris, who had met him before, went over and exchanged the greetings of the day, then casually settled herself in an adjacent chair, fanning herself frantically and exclaiming over the heat.

  17. The man immediately in front of me, being in too much of a hurry to follow the file on the bridge-planks, jumped frantically into the stream.

  18. About midnight one of the horses became tangled in his halter and fell to the ground, struggling and kicking frantically to free himself.

  19. The enemy was frantically replying with eight-inch Howitzers from points some six kilometers north, dropping shells at two-minute intervals into Vieville-en-Haye and its environs.

  20. We had been hearing various rumors that the enemy was frantically suing for peace; all these we had set down as but propaganda.

  21. With the strength of desperation he clung to the cordage, seeking frantically to entangle his legs and body in it.

  22. The banth slipped and clutched frantically at the deck.

  23. She kissed him frantically and stroked his cheeks, I feeling utterly without resource.

  24. There was no need of words for each of us to know that the other was struggling frantically for a little rational light on the outre catastrophe in which we were entangled.

  25. With infinite care and reassuring words, the big doctor with our help pulled my brother down, the latter frantically begging us not to let him "fall" again.

  26. There was a sudden shriek, and the impact of a frantic body against mine, as Alice, whom I had quite forgotten, made a skyward running jump and clasped the arm frantically to her bosom with both her own.

  27. Cold dread clutching at my heart, and with lead on my boot soles, I rushed frantically back.

  28. He could have been frantically in love with her if she had only been the girl from the station bar in Melbourne.

  29. That I am frantically in love with you, and your coldness is driving me wild?

  30. I do not believe he is so frantically wrapped up in this Esclarmonde de Chartres woman after all--in spite of that diamond chain at Monte Carlo.

  31. A multitude of dogs' tails, shaped like crescents or reaping-hooks, waved frantically about in a dusty cloud.

  32. On dashing frantically down the hill and up the other side of a small ravine, I saw one Poli standing and looking about him two hundred and fifty yards off.

  33. Hella says that he used to run himself frantically into debt, because every six months he had an intimacy with some new woman; and all the presents he gave reduced him almost to beggary.

  34. Indeed Dora has practically nothing but Excellents, only three Praiseworthies; but she studies frantically hard, and she is learning Latin again with Frau Doktor M.

  35. The girls in our class are frantically jealous.

  36. He is frantically in love with her; queer taste, isn't it?

  37. I'm frantically sorry for him, for he is passionately in love with her.

  38. But they are only going to stay a month because it is frantically expensive, a roll 5 krenzer and a bottle of beer 1 crown.

  39. And in September when we came back from Theben with that magnificent lieutenant in the flying corps, I made no secret of the fact that I was frantically in love with him.

  40. Dinner had been ordered ready for us, and we were all frantically hungry.

  41. Verbenowitsch is the best in our class, but we can't any of us bear her, she's so frantically conceited and Berta Franke says she's not to be trusted.

  42. Her parents are opposed to it because he is a Jew but they are frantically in love with one another and they intend to marry.

  43. Oh I do wish the 31st of January were here; I'm frantically excited.

  44. I had a frantically anxious time in the arithmetic lesson to-day.

  45. But surely if he was frantically in love with her .

  46. In the evening Dora said to me: Oswald is frantically arrogant, though he has had such a lot of Satisfactories and has only just scraped through his exam.

  47. He dropped his rifle, frantically seized one of the paddles and was half way out into the river before he was sufficiently recovered from his fright to realize that he had actually made good his escape.

  48. Almost cornered, Frazer leaped frantically straight over Dick's head and darted for the door.

  49. Taking one look at Toma, he gasped and daubed frantically at his sleep-stained eyes.

  50. It is pelting furiously; Pickle and Knudsen, with the intrenching tools which luckily were served out to us this afternoon, are digging frantically to keep the water away from their suit-cases.

  51. A burst of fire from the corner pursued him; and our Squad Seven, crazy to do something, let off a couple of clips at the men on the machine gun, who were frantically trying to turn it about.

  52. The Wild Boar sprang up in terror and took wildly to flight, while Grimalkin, no less terrified, scrambled frantically up the tree into the very face of Master Petz.

  53. Finally, after frantically running around and around inside the huge cake ball, he thought he heard the voice of his small friend.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "frantically" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    desperately; frantically; furiously; hotly; madly; violently; wildly