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

She was sinking into that passive state, which often succeeds too high-wrought emotion.

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee

The poor old lady's high-wrought energies almost failed her now; and had not a chair stood near, she would hardly have saved herself from falling on the floor beside her niece.

From The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

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)

Perhaps the high-wrought pathos is a sign of youth; but youth may be a strength as well as a weakness; and the lines are surely of extraordinary beauty and force.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various