grow frantic
Frequency: 5.58.9 per million words
to gradually become more frantic over time
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Examples (10)
- As the minutes ticked by, she grew increasingly frantic.
- Parents grow frantic when a child goes missing, even for a moment.
- He is growing frantic waiting for the test results.
- The newsroom grew frantic as the story broke.
- Try not to grow frantic; take a breath and call for help.
- By dusk, the rescuers had grown frantic with worry.
- If the delays continue, investors will grow frantic.
- She grew frantic with the constant buzzing of her phone.
- The crowd grew frantic during the evacuation.
- Over the next hour, he grew almost frantic, pacing the room.