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frantically

[ US /ˈfɹænəkəɫi, ˈfɹænəkɫi, ˈfɹæntəkəɫi, ˈfɹæntəkɫi/ ]
[ UK /fɹˈɑːntɪkli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in an uncontrolled manner
    she fought back madly

How To Use frantically In A Sentence

  • All I could do was frantically reach for my safety whistle and blow like crazy to alert the raft crew.
  • Drummer Ste Barrow is frantically searching for a replacement having just split the skin on his bass drum.
  • Instead, all the clifty defiles of the ranges were filled with the roar of flames and the crackling of burning timbers as town after town was given to the firebrand, and the homeless, helpless Cherokees frantically fleeing to the densest coverts of the wilderness, -- that powerful truculent tribe! The Frontiersmen
  • After a breakfast of pasta and 3 cups of tea, I went to the garage to fetch my bike only to find my Dad, who looked more nervous than me, frantically pumping up my tyres.
  • Sevan, who was in Kabul when Najibullah bolted, spent the week frantically trying to coax the new leaders to stick with the peace plan. The End Of A Superpower Proxy War
  • We frantically wipe at them with wet towels. Times, Sunday Times
  • Looking around frantically as the tub nearly filled to capacity, I grabbed a bar of Ivory soap.
  • She turned to Ian enquiringly, as the boy scrabbled frantically on the floor looking for coins.
  • All over the country, harassed parents are frantically trying to decide how to entertain their offspring, rather than pleasing themselves.
  • A Phil Neville zinger takes a wicked deflection and Hildebrand scurries frantically across his goal-line to keep the ball out.
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