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Overwrought is right - these landscapes have a strange hallucinatory quality.
Lithic Landscape 2008
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"Overwrought," Dr. Galbraith replied to the silent inquiry.
The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand
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"Overwrought and flimsy - but at least the coastal scenery is lovely."
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I also thought the style of Claire Bloom's acting, in this particular scene, was too sort of "Hollywood Overwrought".
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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Overwrought metal and ignorant rap might make an appearance.
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Overwrought by the intensity of their shared love, she was unable to speak and could only murmur a husky assent.
Pure Paradise Allison Hobbs 2009
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Overwrought rightwinger: First 9/11, and now THIS!
Doughnuts: The Third Rail of American Politics? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Overwrought with finger-snapping and large pronouncements of her number-one stature, Fierce appears much more as an artifice than an organic offspring.
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Overwrought and hysterical—his poem would sound as puffed up as anything that Dennis might have written.
The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007
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Overwrought and trembling, she dropped the rein upon
A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006
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