strung up

adjective

1. informal.
   postpositive tense or nervous

Example Sentences

A young boy stands feet from the strung-up body, at the front of a crowd gathered around the cross.

From The Daily Beast

There had been an incident—American contractors ambushed, their charred remains strung up on bridge.

From The Daily Beast

Colorful banners commemorating Ramadan have already been strung up.

From The Daily Beast

I was "strung up" to a high degree of expectation and listened every moment to hear the panpipes and the Roo-too-too-it.

From Project Gutenberg

We must spend the rest of the bleak night strung up on this dizzy height.

From Project Gutenberg

His body was dragged through the streets, and finally strung up before one of the government buildings.

From Project Gutenberg

Bige poled our craft out toward the center of the pond while I strung up my rod and put a white miller on the end of the leader.

From Project Gutenberg

We found ourselves both glancing at the duck guns strung up under the racks, and then we both laughed and looked foolish. '

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