wrought up
Example Sentences
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He was being accused of some heinous acts by some late comers when he got emotional and wrought up about those things being leveled against him.
From Fox News ● Oct. 4, 2018
I hear you, I assured him, as you do with folks who are wrought up and close to going off the deep end, and you’re hoping to avoid a scene.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2015
A peacemaker tried to smooth things over, got so wrought up himself that he threatened to throw Okin out of the room.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Mandelstam was too wrought up to be wary.
From Time Magazine Archive
“They was mighty wrought up about the South losin’ the War,” she would begin.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
