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
He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension�and the happy are not overstrung.
From Time Magazine Archive
The terror and distress she had undergone had done their worst; and the necessity for exertion past, the overstrung nerves gave way beneath the unwonted tension.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
Each time that this happened, Véronique had a sense of relief and her overstrung nerves grew relaxed.
From The Secret of Sarek by Leblanc, Maurice
