What is she so worked up about?
He got all worked up over the football game.
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Despite reports surfacing before Sunday's game that the Giants had worked up a package of plays for Jaxson Dart, the rookie QB didn't see the field with New York playing from behind for three-and-a-half quarters.—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 Thankfully, the star worked up the courage to try again.—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 20 Jan. 2023 But 36 years and much personal growth later, Chozen finally worked up the (liquid) courage to put his feelings into action after a gentle push from LaRusso himself in the fifth season's penultimate episode.—Ew Staff, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022 Back in 2009, Ernie Niemi, an environmental and economic development consultant, worked up a forecast for how climate change would affect New Mexico’s economy at various points in the future.—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for worked up
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