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Meanings of strung to in English

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Usage of strung to in English
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The senses of the matron were strung to an almost painful acuteness.
Woman on the American Frontier / A Valuable and Authentic Histor...
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And one was listening with every sense strung to the acutest perception.
The Two Wives; Or, Lost and Won
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Matt Larson turned on his back, every nerve strung to snapping pitch.
The Shagganappi
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Bunning, his whole body strung to a desperate appeal, caught Olva's hand.
The Prelude to Adventure
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The nerves of all the spectators were strung to the snapping-point.
Masters of the Guild
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She stood as one strung to the utmost limit of resistance.
Charles Rex
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He passed down the verandah with every nerve strung to the moment's emergency.
The Keeper of the Door
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His very existence now was strung to a pitch of expectation.
The Prelude to Adventure
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His own heart, like a lute, was strung to the pitch of humanity.
The Silent Places
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Victoria sat upright, her mood strung to an intensity which knew no fears.
The Mating of Lydia
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Burns compares himself to an Aeolian harp, strung to every wind of heaven.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ...
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I'm too delicately strung to stand a thing of this sort.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son / Being the Letters...
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Both were strung to fighting pitch, and were determined to have someone's blood.
Mr. Standfast
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Her feelings were strung to the highest pitch; she was playing a desperate game.
The Rider in Khaki: A Novel
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There's that net, clearly strung to deflect any such attack.
The Hunger Games
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The expression was the output of her godlike vitality, strung to its greatest tension.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
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