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
His 75 listeners, full of fried chicken and Pepsi-Cola, were still wrought up about the issue of their press and their race.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had the sensation that the man was too emotionally wrought up over whatever it was that he had lost.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
