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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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
Doddie has so long been overstrung, almost ill....
From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Louis Couperus
However much inclined other members of the gang might have been to relieve their overstrung nerves with a laugh, Rodwood's threat was enough to force them into silence.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery