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

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

She was sinking into that passive state, which often succeeds too high-wrought emotion.

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee

All his Faith-born, enthusiastic, high-wrought, stoic, and philosophic defenses, were now beaten down by this sudden storm of nature in his soul.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

But no high-wrought description can add to the actual terror of that day, as recounted by historians.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)