strung up

adjective

(postpositive) informal tense or nervous

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Examples from the Web for strung up

Contemporary Examples

A young boy stands feet from the strung-up body, at the front of a crowd gathered around the cross.
Islamic Extremists Now Crucifying People in Syria—and Tweeting Out the Pictures
Jacob Siegel
April 30, 2014

Historical Examples

Nevertheless, there was excitement, a strung-up look in his face.
A Spirit in Prison
Robert Hichens
His strung-up individuality had gone to pieces within him very suddenly.
Under Western Eyes
Joseph Conrad
In spite of his caution sticks would snap and it seemed to his strung-up imagination that he was making a prodigious noise.
The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound
Harold Bindloss
He had reached a strip of slightly clearer ground when he heard a faint rustle, and he stiffened suddenly in strung-up attention.
The Gold Trail
Harold Bindloss
She had returned from London in an anxious, nervous, strung-up frame of mind.
What Timmy Did
Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes

strung up

Examples from the Web for strung up

Contemporary Examples

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

Historical Examples

Nevertheless, there was excitement, a strung-up look in his face.

His strung-up individuality had gone to pieces within him very suddenly.

In spite of his caution sticks would snap and it seemed to his strung-up imagination that he was making a prodigious noise.

He had reached a strip of slightly clearer ground when he heard a faint rustle, and he stiffened suddenly in strung-up attention.

She had returned from London in an anxious, nervous, strung-up frame of mind.