wrought (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrought (up)
Adjective
  • Barbara wasn't alarmed and insisted Shields sit between their chairs and finish the TV episode with them.
    Janelle Ash, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The Trump administration’s unprecedented action against Harvard is not the only reason why international college students have become alarmed about their future in the United States.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Following the incident, Walters sent a former Green Beret soldier to retrieve her daughter and bring her to a school in Idaho for troubled teens, where the teenager remained for the next three years.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 12 June 2025
  • This morning’s must reads Other must reads At a troubled fashion company, workers found community.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Tottenham’s fanbase are torn over the decision to sack Postecoglou and some members of the first-team squad are deeply upset.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 13 June 2025
  • During the interview, Alford also acknowledged that he'd been upset with Talley, complaining that both his roommates treated him like a child instead of a man.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Georgia, too, is worried about Ginny's behind-the-scenes machinations.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
  • While Republicans in Congress have been pushing for major Medicaid cuts in the new budget, many Medicaid enrollees are worried about what this means for their health coverage — including those who identify as Republican.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • If the disturbed weather remains offshore, it's expected to become a low pressure system and could gradually develop some subtropical or tropical characteristics, the hurricane center said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 June 2025
  • Staff closes off the children’s zoo to the public for the nesting season to ensure the nesting pairs and their chicks aren’t disturbed — and so the birds don’t poop on visitors.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Michelangelo is distraught over the loss of his brothers and seeks revenge against Oroku Hiroto, the grandson of the infamous Shredder.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • Accounts of Fugate’s arrival and the dismantling of CP3 come from current and former Homeland Security personnel, grant recipients and terrorism-prevention advocates who work closely with the office and have at times been confidants for distraught staffers.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • The law, which Governor Josh Shapiro signed last year, aims to reduce distracted driving incidents throughout the state.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
  • After Klinghoffer entered his plea, a prosecutor read a statement that warned against distracted driving.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • The video highlighted how visibly nervous Jessie was while using jokes to get through the show.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
  • There’s nothing to be nervous about going into a spray tan.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 5 June 2025
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“Wrought (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrought%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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