high-wrought

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

From Time Magazine Archive

No work ever came from the press whose anticipated excellence was more loudly proclaimed, and none, we are persuaded, ever more disappointed high-wrought expectation.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

Lamartine gives us a picture of the East by candle-light—a high-wrought picture, certainly; but after all nothing but canvas.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

Bugles were sounding, flags flying, and all was intense, high-wrought, exciting animation.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John

There is no affectation of high-wrought adventure or heroic enterprise about it.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport