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frenzy

/ˈfɹɛnzi/ verb C2
  1. To render frantic.

He/she/it frenzies · Past frenzied · Past participle frenzied · -ing form frenzying

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Verb forms

Base form
frenzy
He/she/it
frenzies
Past
frenzied
Past participle
frenzied
-ing form
frenzying

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This uneasiness, amounting almost to frenzy, arose from the report Morcerf’s adventure had made in the world, for the affair at the Opera was generally known.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 924 · C1
Halfway up the path she met Jane and Diana rushing back to the pond in a state narrowly removed from positive frenzy.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 228 · C1
It was as if some frenzy had seized her, and she had vented her rage upon both.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 59 · B2
Be that as it might, I seemed to see that woman’s figure still clutching at her treasure trove and flying wildly up the winding stair, with her ears ringing perhaps with the muffled screams from behind her and with the drumming of frenzied hands against the slab of stone which was choking her faithless lover’s life out.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 25 · B2

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