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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The people got on my overstrung youthful nerves.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 by Harry Furniss
Doddie has so long been overstrung, almost ill....
From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Louis Couperus
It wore a severe, and, to Mr. Binney's overstrung perceptions, it seemed a contemptuous look.
From Peter Binney A Novel by Archibald Marshall
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