frantic call
Frequency: 5.52.0 per million words
A call made in a state of panic or distress.
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Examples (10)
- She made a frantic call to her mother.
- The police received a frantic call about a break-in.
- I remember his frantic call late last night when he couldn't find his wallet.
- A frantic call from the hospital alerted them to the emergency.
- He ignored what seemed to be a frantic call, thinking it was a prank.
- After the earthquake, the emergency lines were flooded with frantic calls.
- The babysitter will make a frantic call if the child's fever doesn't go down.
- It was a frantic call for help, with shouting audible in the background.
- We managed to trace the frantic call back to a public phone booth.
- The transcript of the pilot's frantic call to air traffic control was later released.