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
He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension�and the happy are not overstrung.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both teams were overstrung, playing crazily in their eagerness to win.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only too often before a match, he felt nervous, overstrung, but it did not occur to him that he was on the verge of disaster.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
It was only the fancy of overstrung nerves; but in the windows of the front, with their reflecting panes and blinds half down, Adolphine seemed to feel reserve, repellence, pride, grudge, refusal....
From Dr. Adriaan by Couperus, Louis
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