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
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
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.
It is said that "truth is stranger than fiction," and no one who has perused these pages can feel any necessity for seeking excitement in the high-wrought pages of romance.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
The voice was high-wrought and nervous in the extreme.
From The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution by Prichard, Sarah J.
