wrought up
Example Sentences
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He was being accused of some heinous acts by some late comers when he got emotional and wrought up about those things being leveled against him.
From Fox News • Oct. 4, 2018
I hear you, I assured him, as you do with folks who are wrought up and close to going off the deep end, and you’re hoping to avoid a scene.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2015
And, as every parent knows, there usually comes a moment in late afternoon when baby burnout occurs�all of his little circuits overloaded, the child feels too wrought up to fall asleep.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Mandelstam was too wrought up to be wary.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mother’s so wrought up her cheeks are blotched with red, Margot complains of headaches, Dussel can’t sleep, Mrs. van D. frets and fumes all day long, and I’ve gone completely round the bend.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
