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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

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 Guy Newell Boothby

Do you know," she said, "you and Morris both seem rather overstrung to me.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives

She is so overstrung that she has had to have sleeping drafts.

From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith


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