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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

Each time that this happened, Véronique had a sense of relief and her overstrung nerves grew relaxed.

From The Secret of Sarek by Maurice Leblanc

Only too often before a match, he felt nervous, overstrung, but it did not occur to him that he was on the verge of disaster.

From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith

If our nerves are overstrung, or our tempers tried, so far from endeavouring to conceal the fact we make them feel it.

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Edward John Hardy




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