high-wrought

Example Sentences

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There is no glamour, no ecstasy, no high-wrought moment in his tranquil pages.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Gie's yer haun, my frien," said the man who had whispered in Jamie's ear, with an air of high-wrought enthusiasm.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various

Heaven, when it gives such high-wrought souls as thine, Still gives as great occasions to exert them.

From Percy A Tragedy by More, Hannah

In her present high-wrought state all her senses were excited to their intensest keenness.

From Counsel for the Defense by Chapman, Charles M.

I had prepared myself for the occasion," said Mr. Brownlow, "and I intended to do the Southern Confederacy justice—to pronounce a high-wrought eulogy on the concern, from Jeff.

From Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot by Brownlow, William Gannaway