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overstrung

[oh-ver-struhng] / ˈoʊ vərˈstrʌŋ /




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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

For no very evident reason, except that he was overstrung, he could have shouted in alarm as he lay upon the wet flooring in the dark.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss

True, he had seen no animals which he could have any cause to fear, but at this moment of overstrung nerves he felt a child's dread of the dark.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang

The people got on my overstrung youthful nerves.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 by Harry Furniss




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