high-strung

Example Sentences

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I don’t feel like he’s somebody that’s high-strung or high-maintenance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Tom is a law professor and his wife, Amy, is a frustrated and high-strung housewife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

“Who shall say how far the high-strung, nervous, active temperament of the American people is due to the noise with which they choose to surround their daily lives?” the author asked.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

He was young and high-strung, and by his own admission he didn’t handle failure well.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

But he was high-strung, nervous, someone you often had to treat with kid gloves to settle him down, like a racehorse.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown