wrought (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrought (up)
Adjective
  • Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This is nothing to be alarmed over.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 Oct. 2025
  • China, in particular, has in recent years alarmed Washington with its rapid progress in chip and AI technologies, prompting the blacklisting of Huawei in 2019 and hundreds of others in subsequent years.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His talent for expressing a volatile vulnerability and grit saw him through performances as troubled tough guys in Where the Crawdads Sing and The Iron Claw.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Maigret must outwit some of Paris’s most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Dart wasn’t the only Giants rookie to have a substantial impact in the upset victory.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Nudge your kids to make decisions for themselves, even when other people are upset.
    Megan Sauer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But farmers are worried that time is quickly running out to reach a deal in time to sell any of this year’s crop to their biggest customer.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The worried mom immediately booked a flight from Virginia to Colorado, which was an agonizing trip.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lennon died in 1980 at age 40 after he was shot and killed by a disturbed fan.
    Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Wilson said she was especially disturbed that Ladapo, who is Black, compared mandates to slavery.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Nobody even seems particularly surprised or distraught.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Alvord High School science teacher, who had told her students about feeding the sick kitten to the snake, gave three other kittens to a student who was distraught about the incident.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But Jon seemed distracted, and not altogether himself, Rachel tells Rolling Stone.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • However, people with ASD are more likely to have trouble shifting their focus rather than being easily distracted and hyperactive in general.
    Laura Dorwart, Health, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Wrought (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrought%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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