highly strung

US and Canadian high-strung

adjective

tense and easily upset; excitable; nervous

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How to use highly strung in a sentence

He inherited in exaggerated degree his mother's highly strung nervous nature.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Miller
His early disposition was joyous, but with the feverish joy of a highly-strung, nervous organization.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo Leopardi
Though giants are often phlegmatic, his big frame embedded highly-strung nerves.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. Foote
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.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden

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