Frantically
['fræntikəli]
Examples
- Osborne meanwhile, wild with elation, went off to a play-table, and began to bet frantically. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I ran frantically up the stair and along the passage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I found myself one of these, frantically imploring a knot of sailors whom I knew, not to let those two lost creatures perish before our eyes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Holmes sprang frantically across the room and pushed at the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We ran frantically down the path, which wound among the trees. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- At that point, my convict became so frantically exasperated, that he would have rushed upon him but for the interposition of the soldiers. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Clasp your hands so, and stagger across the room, crying frantically, 'Roderigo! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She suddenly let go of me--she threw up her hands, and wrung them frantically in the air. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Editor: Sharon