The world, already undergoing a hectic boom since 1972, was plunging towards accelerating inflation.
We were in the midst of a hectic era of cutthroat competition.
Fifteen hectic minutes later the translation is completed.
Life is hectic and, as professionals, we are in a permanent rush.
This explains the hectic glow in the eyes of the daughters - but not the "rapid grasp" that sounds more like the onset of a heart attack.
Tapsell argues that hectic political activity continued notwithstanding the absence of a parliament after 1681.
We trace a hectic interrelationship of thought and activity, sometimes, expansive, sometimes minimal (a single brief sentence and signature in a guest-book - though a significant one).
In recognising the improvisatory spirit of the first march in those hectic few months, the fact that jazz should be its soundtrack begins to appear less surprising.
