overstrung

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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

Arched, sore, gritty and with overstrung nerves I sought my bed early, hoping that sleep would come soon and obliterate the effects of that day of turmoil.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

His nerves must have been overstrung, for he started violently, and came within an ace of dropping both candle-stick and match.

From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Boothby, Guy Newell