high-strung
Example Sentences
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Tom is a law professor and his wife, Amy, is a frustrated and high-strung housewife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Yet despite how high-strung she could be for no good reason, Marnie was and is lovable.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025
In “Risky Business,” he was the high-strung pop of Cruise’s sneaky Joel Goodsen.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
He was young and high-strung, and by his own admission he didn’t handle failure well.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
“You’re a high-strung kind of guy, aren’t you?”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
