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Definition

fast, energetic — often with confusion

I lived life at a frenetic pace until my doctor convinced me to slow down.

frenetic = fast, energetic

...moved as frenetically as a New York City cab.
frenetic screams followed the accident
...that had been the inspiration for countless frenetic variations.
Nicole Krauss -- The History of Love

frenetic = fast, energetic

This leads into a frenetic dance in which the boys and girls release their emotions and get "cool."
Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story

frenetic = fast, energetic — often with confusion

...a nighttime hush has fallen over the place. It is less frenetic than it was during the day, like the nurses and machines are all a little tired and have reverted to power-save mode.
Gayle Forman -- If I Stay

frenetic = frenzied (with lots of excited activity)

The drums beat in a frenetic tattoo, and I don't have to understand their strange language to know that it's a breach alarm.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
After I made our arguments in the noisy, frenetic courtroom, the judge granted our motion.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
The frenetic activity of the hospital slowed as evening settled in.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Best of Me
It was curious that they all put up with it, his demented, frenetic tune, but no one said a word to him.
Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
He wants to major in marine biology, something less frenetic and devouring than what his parents do.
Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen
My mother's however, was fast and frenetic.
Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
The workload in this congested, frenetic financial megalopolis would not permit it.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
I grew up in a frenetic household, both parents working jobs that demanded their attention 24/7.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
There is no frenetic quality, but rather a slow, continually involving intertwining.
Edward Albee -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
What if I don't need to fill my days with frenetic activity?"
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
Gray's Anatomy became his Bible, and he drew at a frenetic pace, pages of his drawings littering our room.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
He lays her on the bed and joins her amid frenetic shifting and removal of clothing, which, this book being set in Victorian times, is considerable.
Thomas C. Foster -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Amanda clasped him to her breast frenetically.
Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
He moved frenetically, eyes darting and bloodshot, hands quick and nervous, gestures sudden and unplanned.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide

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