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Meanings of wrought in English

Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

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        Usage of wrought in English
        1
        Obama's victory wasn't just political; to many young people, it wrought salvation.
        Obama zombies: how the liberal machine brainwashed my generation
        2
        The year since our crossing had wrought a marked change in him.
        Caleb's crossing
        3
        Some say the system is wrought by an inherent conflict of interest.
        Reuters
        4
        Yours was a good plan, even if wrought with the wrong intent.
        Servant of a dark god
        5
        Near the house, she saw a small wrought-iron table and four chairs.
        Dolly departed
        6
        Unfortunately, she was also gawking at a long line of over-wrought minimansions.
        Fortunate harbor
        7
        And yet he wrought no whit the better; pride ruled the prince.
        Codex Junius 11
        8
        The trial was long and exciting; the community was fearfully wrought up.
        Sketches New and Old
        9
        Gradually the Spirit of God wrought in the heart of Robert Gray.
        The First Soprano
        10
        In the corner was a richly wrought monogram of the initials H.G.
        Hetty Gray / Nobody's Bairn
        11
        Curse the stuff; it has wrought enough ruin with mine and me.
        From Wealth to Poverty; Or, the Tricks of the Traffic. A Story o...
        12
        Up early and took my physique; it wrought all the morning well.
        Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 15: March/April 1661-62
        13
        British economists have no doubt about the economic damage wrought by austerity.
        The Guardian
        14
        The weight of wrought iron in the great tube is 1600 tons.
        The Illustrated London Reading Book
        15
        The first streaks of concentrated energy wrought havoc in the forward ranks.
        The Universe — or Nothing
        16
        A single half-hour wrought a material change in the state of things.
        The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
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        Wrought through the time
        Wrought across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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        Ireland
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