overstrung
Example Sentences
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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
I own to you, Kitty, the trial was too much for my nerves, overstrung as they have been by late events.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
Arched, sore, gritty and with overstrung nerves I sought my bed early, hoping that sleep would come soon and obliterate the effects of that day of turmoil.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
She is so overstrung that she has had to have sleeping drafts.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
