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

All his Faith-born, enthusiastic, high-wrought, stoic, and philosophic defenses, were now beaten down by this sudden storm of nature in his soul.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

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 Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

There is no high-wrought sentiment, no poetic love.

From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas

Towards the end your high-wrought imagination can almost smell the sticking plaister, so vivid is the picture.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John