work oneself up
Example Sentences
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It is easy to work oneself up into a state of pious horror over these offenses," said he, "but they must be considered against their background.
From Time Magazine Archive
One cannot make pauses when one thinks it effective, nor alter the stage business to fit one's mood, nor work oneself up to an emotional crescendo one night and not do it the next.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
Is it right to work oneself up to such a state for money . . . to suffer like that?
From Twenty-six and One and Other Stories by Maksim Gorky
