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
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
She was overstrung and tired out, and the coolness of her reception seemed like a plunge into an icy bath.
From Loyal to the School by Angela Brazil
For no very evident reason, except that he was overstrung, he could have shouted in alarm as he lay upon the wet flooring in the dark.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
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