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Recent Examples of overwrought In a music doc landscape pocked with overwrought hagiographies, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield does distinguish itself. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025 Yet in this production, a couple of these choices seem overwrought, especially since this ensemble of actors is more than equipped to convey the concepts of Williams’ work. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025 Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, 49, was removed from the hospital by security the previous night after becoming irate and emotionally overwrought following a diagnosis that there was no other treatment available for his wife, the official said. John Miller, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025 For some readers, such accolades read as insincere or overwrought. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overwrought
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overwrought
Adjective
  • While in the dugout, the heated veteran pitcher took a spill down the steps to the clubhouse.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Despite the heated back-and-forth, the trial date for the divorce proceedings is set for June.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Its once-rich timber and cotton shipping industries gave the town a big boom during the mid 19th century, and the resulting ornate Victorian homes and grand architecture are stunning vestiges of that time.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Upon its arrival at your table, a server will present for inspection an ornate silver dagger, pull it with a flourish from its curved sheath, and proceed to saw off the head of the Mother at approximately her Tropic of Cancer.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • His new kick-change has been a nice weapon against lefties and Taillon is excited about the pitch.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Kolache fans headed to Florida's Gulf Coast shouldn't get too excited yet, though.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There have, of course, been an abundance of folks who’ve shuffled off this mortal coil within the Canadian filmmaker’s nearly six decades’ worth of movies, often in the most baroque, grotesque manner possible.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
  • At the heart of it all is the stunning Santa Prisca Church, a baroque masterpiece that dominates the skyline with its pink stone facade.
    Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In his words Burden was hoping to be a first-round pick and grew agitated when he was still not selected by the conclusion of Thursday night’s proceedings.
    Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
  • At one point, Scott, who is sweating profusely, appears agitated and uneasy as five officers stand near him telling him to either enter the ambulance or he will be detained by police.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Here are the four most extravagant moments of Kravitz's Paris home that took our breath away.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Overwrought.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overwrought. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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