highly strung in a sentence

Though intelligent, Rudolf was highly strung, unconventional, impulsive and very liberal, while St�phanie's very conservative upbringing left her conventional, formal, and reactionary.
Canavan plays Sister Rose's niece Marcia, a highly strung asthmatic who throws one of the greatest anti-smoking fits you'll ever see on the stage.
They're also a more highly strung group of Type A personalities ( including Boston's own Ivana ), with tempers that seem ever-ready to rumble.
The four survivors are brought to the lighthouse : the bosun Harker; Colonel James Skinsale MP; the owner, Lord Palmerdale; and his highly strung secretary Adelaide Lessage.
Aggressive and instinctive, his fighting spirit was an inspiration to his squadron but according to one biographer, he was highly strung, vociferous and blunt with members of his unit.

In this one-man psychological study, Smith presents a high-strung and highly strung-out Newton, a collection of nervous tics and jitters, ever chain-smoking.
He smiled a lot and the smile came straight out of those striking eyes . . . he was highly strung, brash and outspoken . . . something of a rebel ".
The character of Ali lasted in the show for over four years, remaining after the mental breakdown of his highly strung wife and depicting the plight of a single-parent father.
Lead single " Explosive " was released as a double A-side with a different version of " Highly Strung . " This updated version featured on the special edition of " Classified ."
One of them joins him at work, where he's also aided by Dennis ( Fierstein ), described in press materials as a " very creative and highly strung designer ."

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