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  • noun Plural form of frenzy.

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Examples

  • Men in frenzies often wound and destroy themselves; what is a man, when reason is dethroned and Satan enthroned?

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • That’s why those protein frenzies are a big mistake unless you want to eat 7 times your body weight in bacon every year for the rest of your life.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Burger lite. 2010

  • I think I agree with Ed. It's one of those kind of frenzies that come and go.

    CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2002 2002

  • Ever since Burton was first elected to the House in 1982, he has shown a flair for controversial statements and actions that invariably resulted in minor media frenzies.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • The duo, classmates from Harvard Business School, joined forces in 2007 to launch Gilt Groupe Inc. and bring designer sample sales— famous in New York for inducing tug-of-war frenzies—to an online audience.

    More How I Built It 2011

  • I want all the pleasure of my bookstore frenzies and none of the pain, hence these points remind me as much as my blogging friends!

    Reasons For Buying Books « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • Deeply buried energy-bearing rocks, shales in recent years have touched off acquisition frenzies as pioneering firms cash in on their discoveries and sell out to, or partner with, larger firms with the cash to extract oil and natural gas.

    Utica Shale Energizes Deal Frenzy in Ohio Ryan Dezember 2011

  • Vital to the U.S. economy and military capabilities, tiny Israel's unparalleled achievements in industry and intellect have conjured up the familiar anti-Semitic frenzies among all the economically and morally failed societies of the socialist and Islamist Third World, from Iran to Venezuela.

    The Economic Case for Supporting Israel George Gilder 2011

  • She preoccupied herself with shark feeding frenzies.

    ADRIFT • by Andrew S. Fuller 2009

  • Renegade tentacles, guns, mop-torches, mob-frenzies, corpses exploding with alien spiders, dragon-beasts, stingers in the neck, severed torsos … need I go on?

    TEN of TERROR #7: The Mist « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009

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