high-strung

“Everyone’s a little bit high-strung, which is understandable,” said Sara Grimaldi, 22, who has been working on youth voter engagement for a feminist group throughout the campaign.

In “Risky Business,” he was the high-strung pop of Cruise’s sneaky Joel Goodsen.

“Who shall say how far the high-strung, nervous, active temperament of the American people is due to the noise with which they choose to surround their daily lives?” the author asked.

Conway told reporters that the meeting was focused on strategy, but according to a Guardian report, Trump's relaying of her points in an already high-strung atmosphere was interpreted by senior campaign officials as a play by Conway to undermine them or take control of the campaign.

And then sell it to me and my high-strung runner friends, who will pay too much money for it and probably also believe you if you tell us it can only be used a few times—after which we’ll buy another.