Sentence examples for frantic form from inspiring English sources

He had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Pakistan in the semi-final of the last World Twenty20 competition by hitting three sixes from the last over, and although this rescue act was less spectacular, it was a reminder of the virtues of proper batting, even in this frantic form of the game.

Since his suit began, his lawyer Curling says she's been contacted by around one new former interpreter a week: sometimes, in the form of frantic calls from Afghanistan.

As a teenager, Hucknall – dressed in the 50s gear he bought from Oldham market – and his best friend Neil Moss formed the Frantic Elevators, inspired by the Manchester punk scene.

Through Queenie's writing — first on creamy hotel stationery, then in increasingly frantic scribbles on prescription forms bearing the name of a Jewish doctor, on sheet music once owned by a Jewish flutist and on recipe cards cadged from the Nazi cook — the reader, too, learns the story of the girls' blossoming friendship.

Due to the frantic nature of tennis, form-fitting skirts will ride up your legs during play.

Perfectly, Smith conveys that there is something mad about a form of therapy whose vocabulary – get a grip, get CBT – possesses such frantic conviction.

It inspired me and my friend Neil Cross to start writing songs, and we formed the band Frantic Elevators.

In his youth he formed punk band Frantic Elevators but when they fizzled out he became the core member of Simply Red.

The game started at a frantic pace, with the in-form Andros Townsend rampaging up the right flank once more, stinging the palms of Szczesny.

Checking e-mail frequently is thus a form of bailing, a frantic attempt to keep the water at bay and avoid drowning.

"It was a frantic tenant telling us that cracks were forming in the bathroom, and it looked like the ceiling was pulling off," Ms. Caputo said.