worked up
Example Sentences
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By the same token, a lot of people who are super worked-up about "cancel culture" are also isolated and anxious about being left behind in a changing world.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2022
One shows McKeller’s recognizably African American head in meager outline transformed on the same sheet of paper into a more worked-up head of Apollo, based on a plaster cast of the Apollo Belvedere.
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2020
It’s also very effective at lulling a worked-up child into relaxation, especially at bedtime.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2019
Standing between an agitated police officer and a worked-up protester who were nearing blows near a gas station in the Sherman Park neighborhood, Hamilton said he stepped in to urge calm.
From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2016
Fruits, which are nature's most elaborately worked-up edible products, must come more and more into favour as the complement to the seed food represented by bread.
From Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast by Sutherland, George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
