frantic effort

collocation in English

meaningsoffranticandeffort

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frantic
adjective
uk
/ˈfræn.tɪk/us
/ˈfræn.t̬ɪk/
almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition offranticandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They will go on imposing restriction after restriction and embargo after embargo in afranticeffort to help their present position, lest a worse fate befall them.
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It now appears to me that financial logic and the needs of the patients are being totally disregarded in afranticeffortto cut money from budgets.
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But the assailant then made afranticeffortto free himself.
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In any event, in the days that followed the fighting afranticeffortwas made to calm tensions.
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Those frantic efforts to negotiate peace, which were so well reported at the time, were quickly forgotten because they were unsuccessful.
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We have never listened to a more direct condemnation of the frantic efforts which were made last year to save the pound.
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Of course, they made frantic efforts to get back to their own country.
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Only the frantic efforts of those near the climber saved my friend from serious injury.
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Before he could be rescued, and in spite of frantic efforts to release the grain, he unfortunately suffocated.
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I think they show how much they mind being expelled by the frantic efforts they have been making, by various devices, to show that they should not be expelled.
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All the frantic efforts of the next few weeks, in whatever fine language or dress they might be presented, will not succeed in putting that myth together again.
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Immediate chaos soon changed into frantic efforts to save the vessel which was rapidly shipping water.
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His frantic efforts to suppress the article are too late; his newspaper has already published it.
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During the next two days, frantic efforts were made to reach an agreement with the government and the mine owners.
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Frantic efforts were made to repair the damage.
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Walker passed out, and frantic efforts to revive him failed.
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He detailed a heavy cruiser and two destroyers to escort her while frantic efforts were made to correct her list, including flooding another engine room and some boiler rooms.
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