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
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Hadn't he said so himself: "Marietje, when you feel overstrung ... think of me!"
From Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus
His overstrung nerves betrayed themselves in a dozen different ways.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by Stephen McKenna
When little Anna arrived she looked overstrung, her hands trembled as her thin fingers turned the pages of her manuscript and arranged the lights on the tribune.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
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