highly strung

tense and easily upset; excitable; nervous

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Like all highly-strung people he is extremely sensitive to personality.

Theodor Leschetizky |Annette Hullah
But with nervous, highly-strung children I doubt if this Spartan conduct is commonly successful.

The Nervous Child |Hector Charles Cameron
The second daughter of the Vane household was a very different character from her sensitive and highly-strung sister.

Big Game |Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Leschetizky is of small build, extremely wiry and highly-strung, magnetic from top to toe.

Theodor Leschetizky |Annette Hullah

He at least was awake; his highly-strung new restlessness would not accord with the placidity of these contented people.

The Education of Eric Lane |Stephen McKenna