wound up

He wound up fleeing to Spain, then in the grip of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, and spent the rest of his life in Iberian exile.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Nadeau, who lives in Belleville, Ill., wound up buying the hard drive at the lower price his wife found using her phone, but he was alarmed by the experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Yet somehow he’s wound up making a science lab romance with no chemistry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

That’s how the Bills wound up with their game-winning field goal against the Rams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I was helping him, and we soon wound up sitting across from each other at his table, Peter on the chair and me on the divan.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

But that prospect seems to have died after Brescia Calcio were wound-up in a court ruling, external on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Dark Brandon, by contrast, radiates wound-up energy, as if he will not rest until he gets his way.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023

Film critic Roger Ebert admiringly called him “the most wound-up guy in the movies,” a description Caan did not dispute.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

Film critic Roger Ebert admiringly called him “the most wound-up guy in the movies,” a description Mr. Caan did not dispute.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022

All the energy of Jamie’s wound-up nerves let loose.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg