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highly strung
adjective
- tense and easily upset; excitable; nervous
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Example Sentences
He inherited in exaggerated degree his mother's highly strung nervous nature.
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His early disposition was joyous, but with the feverish joy of a highly-strung, nervous organization.
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Though giants are often phlegmatic, his big frame embedded highly-strung nerves.
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He found that my pulse was high, my eyes dilated, my nerves highly strung, but no alarming symptoms.
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They touched the most tender chords in the man's highly-strung gentle nature.
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