Overstrung [adjective]

But it is all through every one being so overstrung, I suppose.

Now, Phyllis was tired with much hurried work, and overstrung.

And to Katherine, overstrung as she was, the words came as a rebuke.

He knew this time that it was not the hallucination of overstrung nerves.

Stunned by his overstrung emotions, he could only bow his head.

Possibly his nerves were overstrung with what he had been going through.

What she saw would not have disturbed her if she had not been overstrung by long anxiety.

Many old squares have broken plates; generally found near the overstrung bass, or within the first octave of the treble.

His nerves were in such an overstrung condition that they only increased the disorder of his imagination.

The whole world seemed a great musical instrument, overstrung and giving out previously unknown harmonies and inharmonies.