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overstrung

adjective as in edgy

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adjective as in overwrought

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adjective as in twitchy

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The investigation slowed when solid leads became overstrung and scarce.

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.

It wore a severe, and, to Mr. Binney's overstrung perceptions, it seemed a contemptuous look.

She is so overstrung that she has had to have sleeping drafts.

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