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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
wind-up . - adjective brought to a state of great
tension
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Examples
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At the end of the day, this constant mental stimulation has a cumulative effect of leaving your mind wound-up to the point where even if you're physically tired and ready for bed, your mind may still be activated and not ready to shut off.
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Amagerbanken said of its more than 100,000 customers, about 700 wouldn't be covered by the deposit scheme and would have their claims registered in the bankruptcy estate of the wound-up bank.
Denmark Seizes Amagerbanken Anna Molin 2011
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If we "assume the Big Bang" as if it were something that happened outside the bounds of reality, then we have a universe that, magically, begins fully wound-up, comprised of potential energy in unimaginably super-concentrated form.
Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010
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When it was over, an agitated Lions coach Jim Schwartz tangled with a wound-up Niners coach Jim Harbaugh, and the whole comical scene began to look like a Cialis commerical gone amok.
The Eagles Are Back...Sorta Jason Gay 2011
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It didn't start all wound-up, and then spend itself down just once.
Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010
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It didn't start all wound-up, and then spend itself down just once.
Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010
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If we "assume the Big Bang" as if it were something that happened outside the bounds of reality, then we have a universe that, magically, begins fully wound-up, comprised of potential energy in unimaginably super-concentrated form.
Bill Shireman: Science, Religion, and Sustainability: Lessons from My Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010
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It didn't start all wound-up, and then spend itself down just once.
Bill Shireman: Science, Religion, and Sustainability: Lessons from My Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010
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If we "assume the Big Bang" as if it were something that happened outside the bounds of reality, then we have a universe that, magically, begins fully wound-up, comprised of potential energy in unimaginably super-concentrated form.
Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010
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Add a bedtime Internet habit, and you've got one fine recipe for a wound-up kid.
Waking Up to Young Kids' Sleep Troubles Jennifer Moses 2011
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