| What she saw would not have disturbed her if she had not been overstrung by long anxiety. |
| Possibly his nerves were overstrung with what he had been going through. |
| And to Katherine, overstrung as she was, the words came as a rebuke. |
| An overstrung piano has the bass strings running diagonally across the piano, crossing over the treble strings. |
| She's overstrung to-day. If it were you, you'd be in hysterics. |
| The whole world seemed a great musical instrument, overstrung and giving out previously unknown harmonies and inharmonies. |
