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Meanings of high-strung in English

Being in a tense state.

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Usage of high-strung in English
1
In the golden light and pringling air he felt excitable and high-strung.
Where the Blue Begins
2
Cold, of course, as Germans are, and rather high-strung, but incredibly pretty.
Zoya
3
We've always known that Katie was the most high-strung of the children.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
4
The king of empaths, Alvin was high-strung and utterly devoted to Elena.
The lost recipe for happiness
5
There she meets 28-year-old Charlie, an assistant to a high-strung venture capitalist.
The South African
6
She's very high-strung. She gave a soft laugh and shook her head.
Death du Jour
7
As her father says, she's high-strung, and she's been working madly.
Bring the Jubilee
8
He was a brisk, pudgy, high-strung person whose movements were swift and certain.
Catch-22
9
As typical in a high-strung roster, the meeting didn't end well.
The South African
10
It was eloquent, vibrating with eloquence, but too high-strung, I think.
Heart Of Darkness
11
Gareth sat down beside her and sent the high-strung vehicle rocking.
The devil she knows
12
Olivia was much more high-strung than she was, and could have been exaggerating.
The kiss
13
People were always a little high-strung the day before a battle.
All You Need Is Kill
14
Jolie is a little high-strung anyway, and my being late just-
The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
15
You're made to eat constantly, he complains in his high-strung vibrato.
Wired
16
His reaction was the exact opposite of Ollie's; Skip was younger and more high-strung.
Patient Zero
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