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
Philippa followed her, blindly, stumblingly, for her knees were shaking now, and there was such an air of resentment in the other's demeanour that it jarred upon her overstrung nerves.
From East of the Shadows by Mrs. Hubert Barclay
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
It wore a severe, and, to Mr. Binney's overstrung perceptions, it seemed a contemptuous look.
From Peter Binney A Novel by Archibald Marshall
