well-wrought
Britishadjective
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While the car’s Mood Modes include an accompanying soundtrack of thrumming, guttering performance sounds, I was happy to turn it off and rejoice in the well-wrought, hard-won quiet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
A sympathetic, well-wrought story of a brilliant young woman’s slow crawl toward self-understanding after her life is upended by a horrible accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
"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
Andrew Ferguson, a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, remembers once marvelling at Carlson’s ability to turn out well-wrought magazine prose, but he is not a fan of the show.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2017
Thus then having spoken, he gave him a silver-studded sword, presenting it with the sheath and the well-wrought belt.
From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Theodore Alois Buckley
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