well-wrought

British  

adjective

1. (well wrought when postpositive) shaped, formed, or decorated with skill

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Example Sentences

But it attains the weight of well-wrought drama as Yosef and his family consider complex questions of home and dislocation, and it’s put together with a strong sense of rhythm and composition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"It combines an extraordinary story, rich themes and the history of the last 40 years of South Africa in an incredibly well-wrought package," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2021

The Apollo missions were genuine acts of daring—and were also, as everyone knew at the time, scripted television programming, with well-wrought lines delivered live.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

But it is not hard to find examples of seemingly well-wrought strategic visions that, ultimately, did not deliver the expected returns.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2017

The vault, whose wall arches are stilted and slightly pointed, has strong well-moulded ribs springing from the well-wrought capitals of tall angle shafts.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum