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
"Gie's yer haun, my frien," said the man who had whispered in Jamie's ear, with an air of high-wrought enthusiasm.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
The high-wrought, poetical description and the invective had gone over the heads of most of the listeners.
From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Machar, Agnes Maule
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 Warner, Susan
It was the delightful haunt of Hawthorne's leisure, the scene of the occurrence which inspired the most thrilling and high-wrought chapter of his romance.
From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
