high-wrought
Example Sentences
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There is no glamour, no ecstasy, no high-wrought moment in his tranquil pages.
From Time Magazine Archive
He could hardly help laughing once more at the ridiculous collapse to his high-wrought expectations.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
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 Harper, Various (magazine)
No work ever came from the press whose anticipated excellence was more loudly proclaimed, and none, we are persuaded, ever more disappointed high-wrought expectation.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
In the prophecies and the psalms we have seen the high-wrought poetry of Israel's religion.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
