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
When the State Department's Bob Murphy, arriving for Big Three talks in London, reported how wrought up the French and British were, President Eisenhower ordered Secretary Dulles to London forthwith.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Richardson: "The President was certainly wrought up over that."
From Time Magazine Archive
At the pool, firesnakes shot away from me in all directions, bristling, hissing, mysteriously wrought up.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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