worked up
Example Sentences
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Nevertheless, I worked up my courage and said, “Hi, my name is Nick. I love your hat. I have one just like it!”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Like Jobs, Cook chose a longtime Apple employee that worked up the ranks to become a senior leader.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
The group worked up a policy to try to address a homelessness crisis that seemed to be spiraling out of control in Albuquerque, but also in cities all over the country.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Given the number of ballads she’d worked up, George asked Douglass and Littell to write a couple of new uptempo tunes; among the ones they came up with was the frisky “La Lune S’en Va.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
"What's the matter with you? You seem all worked up over something?"
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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