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overstrung

[oh-ver-struhng] / ˈoʊ vərˈstrʌŋ /




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Yes, overstrung, gaudily painted, honky tonk joannas for passersby to hammer out jazz standards on, which – naturally – many appeared to be able to do.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016

Both teams were overstrung, playing crazily in their eagerness to win.

From Time Magazine Archive

You are overstrung, and tired; you don't know what you are saying.

From Consequences by E. M. Delafield

His nerves must have been overstrung, for he started violently, and came within an ace of dropping both candle-stick and match.

From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Guy Newell Boothby

But Loring's overstrung mood sensed this maternal indulgence, and it infuriated him still further.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives


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