strung up
- (postpositive) informal tense or nervous
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Contemporary Examples of strung up
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 PicturesJacob Siegel
April 30, 2014
Historical Examples of strung up
Nevertheless, there was excitement, a strung-up look in his face.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
His strung-up individuality had gone to pieces within him very suddenly.
Under Western EyesJoseph 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 SoundHarold 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 TrailHarold Bindloss
She had returned from London in an anxious, nervous, strung-up frame of mind.
What Timmy DidMarie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes