| 1. | "It was frantic folly to do so, Jane. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 2. | Her expression became frantic as she spoke. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 3. | With a frantic gesture he rushed out of the room. - from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 4. | Her frantic joy at beholding me again moved me much. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 5. | At first I could see no reason for his frantic behaviour. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 6. | I have been writing frantic letters to Scotland Yard about it. - from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde |
| 7. | Van Helsing is simply frantic about it, and I am at my wits' end. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 8. | My deep love, my wild woe, my frantic prayer, are all nothing to you. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 9. | Now frantic Diomed, at her command. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |