overstrung
Example Sentences
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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
Yes, yes, I know you were overstrung at that time, and didn't see yourself very clearly, but look at the thing now—you're calm now.
From The Story of Louie by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
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
