high-wrought
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of high-wrought
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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There is no glamour, no ecstasy, no high-wrought moment in his tranquil pages.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a faithful sketch of one aspect of London life, drawn from nature, and in graphic effect is hardly inferior to the high-wrought creations of fiction.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
The Edinburgh Review, in a high-wrought eulogy on an American authoress, says that she assails slavery with arrows "poisoned by truth."
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
But there was leisure for few tears just then; and too high-wrought a state of the nerves to seek much indulgence in them.
From Diana by Susan Warner
But no high-wrought description can add to the actual terror of that day, as recounted by historians.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
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