high-strung

Example Sentences

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I don’t feel like he’s somebody that’s high-strung or high-maintenance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

But as the satirically pompous, high-strung Moira Rose, the uncomfortably broke former soap opera queen and matriarch of the hit Canadian sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” O’Hara achieved universal acclaim and endless memeability.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

Tom is a law professor and his wife, Amy, is a frustrated and high-strung housewife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

He was young and high-strung, and by his own admission he didn’t handle failure well.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Richard Frost, a high-strung and brilliant young man, worried about it more than anyone else.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck