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
Here, at all events, was an explanation to the mystery; but in my case the sudden relaxing of overstrung nerves made me little inclined to join in my companion's laugh.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery
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
Jack rose to his feet, confused by this sudden turmoil coming when his nerves were overstrung.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang
