Being in a tense state.
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The boy being highly strung, a little criticism went a long way.
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Those girls are highly organised, highly sensitive; their nerves are highly strung.
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Your nerves are too highly strung, and nerves play us strange tricks.
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Lister saw he tried to be cool, but thought him highly strung.
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He was as highly strung as a racehorse at the gate.
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She may sound highly strung, but her demeanour is admirably grounded.
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Her sensitive highly strung nerves permitted these sharp alternations between despondency and hope.
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Heather was more highly strung, and responded to the darkening atmosphere around her.
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Such methodical work would calm nerves not often so highly strung.
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He inherited in exaggerated degree his mother's highly strung nervous nature.
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Such a highly strung, sensitive nature amounts almost to a curse.
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My dear, Derek is very highly strung, and he's been ill.
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He is, as I have said, a highly strung character.
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Is there source material for this highly strung, camp creation?
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She had not expected the question and was highly strung.
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It's hard to perform well when you are highly strung.
