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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It wore a severe, and, to Mr. Binney's overstrung perceptions, it seemed a contemptuous look.
From Peter Binney A Novel by Archibald Marshall
Secure at last, his overstrung nerves relaxed and he slid gratefully over the edge of sleep.
From Native Son by T. D. Hamm
If our nerves are overstrung, or our tempers tried, so far from endeavouring to conceal the fact we make them feel it.
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Edward John Hardy
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