overstrung
Example Sentences
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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
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?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
True, he had seen no animals which he could have any cause to fear, but at this moment of overstrung nerves he felt a child's dread of the dark.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
It wore a severe, and, to Mr. Binney's overstrung perceptions, it seemed a contemptuous look.
From Peter Binney A Novel by Marshall, Archibald
