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 Iowa's Ernest Horn became wrought up over the inadequacy of the English alphabet to represent sounds accurately, he started calculating�14 sounds for "s," 22 for "long e," 21 for "ir," etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first sign that the people of Brazil were not especially wrought up by Vargas' dramatic exit was the small turnout.
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
