Examples of worked up in a Sentence
What is she so worked up about?
He got all worked up over the football game.
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Nsenga worked up a live variation of his curatorial workouts and is in Hartford this week on tour, far from his living room.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
No sense gettin’ people all worked up.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
One of the reasons why some of us get so worked up over HFR is because some of its advocates envision it as the future of the medium, and that would be, frankly, a good way to destroy it forever.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Cervera said Dugan was getting worked up.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
No sense gettin’ people all worked up.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
One of the reasons why some of us get so worked up over HFR is because some of its advocates envision it as the future of the medium, and that would be, frankly, a good way to destroy it forever.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Cervera said Dugan was getting worked up.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Worked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worked%20up. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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