high-wrought

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There is no glamour, no ecstasy, no high-wrought moment in his tranquil pages.

From Time Magazine Archive

In spite of the high-wrought intensity of feeling which had been now and then displayed, grave decorum had ruled the proceedings; and now, though few were really satisfied, the approach to unanimity was remarkable.

From The Critical Period of American History by Fiske, John

These three high-wrought strokes of satirical humour were perhaps never equalled by any exertion of the pencil; excelled they cannot be.

From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John

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)

The Edinburgh Review, in a high-wrought eulogy on an American authoress, says that she assails slavery with arrows "poisoned by truth."

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.