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
Pessimists who are wrought up about such present-day conditions, says British Physicist John H. Frem-1m, have seen nothing yet.
From Time Magazine Archive
U.S. parents may get even more wrought up when an American edition is published in May by St. Martin's Press.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mother’s so wrought up her cheeks are blotched with red, Margot complains of headaches, Dussel can’t sleep, Mrs. van D. frets and fumes all day long, and I’ve gone completely round the bend.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
