| 单词 | high-strung |
| 例句 | It would be a Swanburne squirrel through and through, and, therefore, its behavior could not be considered representative of the high-strung and woefully undereducated furball that is more typical of the species. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But he was high-strung, nervous, someone you often had to treat with kid gloves to settle him down, like a racehorse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Enough about the twenty-five dollars. Look, we’re all a little high-strung today. How about if we do a little storytelling instead of geography?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On May 23 he had seemed so uncharacteristically narcotized in starting-gate drills that a bystander had remarked, “You’d swear he was a dull-witted lead pony instead of the high-strung animal he is.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a brisk, pudgy, high-strung person whose movements were swift and certain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But he also thought Dasch was unstable and high-strung with grandiose ideas of himself. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He was too frickin’ strong and high-strung to argue with about something that didn’t even matter. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z In a voice reflecting doubt, fear, and an unmistakable desire to be loved, I sounded not like a thoughtful college professor but, rather, like a high-strung twelve-year-old girl; someone named Brittany. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The Hamiltons were strange, high-strung people, and some of them were tuned too high and they snapped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a fair enough question, not least because Brad is played by Ben Stiller, a frighteningly high-strung performer even at his mellowest. Review: Ben Stiller Is a Dad With a Bruised Ego in ‘Brad’s Status’ 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Though Ferguson is best known for playing the high-strung lawyer Mitchell Pritchett on the ABC sitcom “Modern Family,” he was a regular on New York’s Off Broadway stages before turning to the small screen. Jesse Tyler Ferguson Tips His Cap to ‘Take Me Out’ 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z She is also the driving force of "Marry Me," Annie being the high-strung, over-sharing half of the couple around which the show revolves. NBC's 'Marry Me' may have a delayed honeymoon 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Adapted by playwright Tom Stoppard, Wright's "Anna Karenina" takes place mostly in a theater setting and sees the title character more high-strung and less sympathetic than in previous incarnations. After Garbo, Leigh, no defining "Anna Karenina": Knightley 2012-11-16T14:55:55Z Mr. Miller is the high-strung one, brandishing a smile so tight it can turn freakish. ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Dystopia Gardens' 2011-08-19T16:24:38Z “Touched With Fire” is an actor’s field day, and both Mr. Kirby and Ms. Holmes boldly meet the challenge of playing bright, high-strung artists struggling with depression. Review: ‘Touched With Fire,’ a Love Story Between Two Bipolar Poets 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The spirited players are particularly attuned to a responsive audience: the more the crowd laughs and shouts, the longer an actor will roll around in a pool of blood like a high-strung kid. 'Revenger's Tragedy' a sly gore-fest 2011-11-03T20:04:04Z Cooper's Stark is 90% Howard Hughes, minus all the phobias and weird stuff; Jarvis seems high-strung, High Brit and hilarious, though no doubt there's a reason Tony Stark named his computer system after him. 'Marvel's Agent Carter' has feminist message in superhero fun 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z But you could say the same of Rex Harrison, whose style was similar, though a bit more oratorical and high-strung. Music Review: Channeling the Smart Set, but Hold the Snobbishness 2010-03-01T22:52:00Z The Noma kitchen — this high-strung orchestra in which chefs from all over the world perform solo and in concert on every edible composition — has struck a rare discordant note. From Georgetown to Copenhagen, a chef takes charge So do the characters, who are forever defined by the same negative traits: high-strung and selfish Helen, childlike and narcissistic Noah, touchy and paranoid Cole, depressed and unstable Alison. Review: ‘The Affair’ Is Back, and Things Are About to Get Crazy. Again. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z A similar event triggers “The Violin,” Dan McCormick’s clumsily crafted, finely acted and, yes, high-strung drama. Review: A Priceless Violin, a Cut-Rate Caper 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z She is cruel and vain, an entertainingly horrible person who asphyxiates enemies in her imagination, one of the touches that lends this high-strung comedy an intriguing darkness, I think. The Provocative, Preposterous Power of “Insatiable” 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z You never doubt for a moment that Litman’s news-driven fears are real, yet one of his most engaging numbers is a high-strung song about runaway fear itself. We’re doomed, happily: Ron Litman’s protest act in ‘Armageddon’ at Fringe Agnès Jaoui’s comedies about high-strung French writers, filmmakers and performers and the solar systems of ambition and competitive good taste that form around them inspire the “W” word from critics. Week Ahead: May 30 ? June 5 2010-05-28T15:11:00Z Ms. Gerwig, who has been called the queen of mumblecore, creates a slightly unnerving portrait of a vulnerable, high-strung woman on the edge. Movie Review: ?The Dish & the Spoon,? From Alison Bagnall 2012-02-09T22:43:43Z They had gone as far as they could rubbing antennae together and they were too high-strung and self-propelled to mellow into a sweetheart act trotting out the same old crowd favorites. Mike Nichols’s Brilliant Career 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Her bright, shiny soprano, with its wheeling vibrato and metallic edge, conveys a high-strung emotionality that is sharpened by her acting skills. Music Review: Christine Andreas in ‘Bemused,’ at 54 Below 2013-01-29T23:07:45Z “Scandal” is such a high-strung drama that everything that happens in the story is mostly happening just for emotional resonance. “How To Get Away With Murder” and “Scandal” end with a bang: The most riveting power struggles on TV 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z If you do, you’ll find — once you get past the painful first episode — pretty much what you would if you selected any random episode from the series’s eight-season run: a tart, high-strung quip-delivery device. Review: The World Changed. NBC’s ‘Will & Grace’ Hasn’t. 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Sputtering and high-strung, April tiptoes up to the edge of self-assertion, and then falls backward into a familiar pit of shame, self-doubt and frustration. ‘Little’ Review: Too Much Caution and Not Enough Regina Hall 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z A large blob of gelatin tied up in cheesecloth was Thelma, a high-strung amoeba who cheated at checkers and responded to the command “Heel!” John Zacherle, Host With a Ghoulish Perspective, Dies at 98 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s a time and town where paranoia is just common sense, for the Gordito lowlifes and the high-strung police. Review: Inherent Vice: Pynchon and P.T. Anderson Share a Joint 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z We repeated the same ritual with Lila, who was very much unlike her high-strung brother. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z “Hakuna Matata” taught countless kids the value of taking it easy at a time when the world was becoming more worrisome and high-strung than ever before. Ranking: The Disney Renaissance From Worst to Best 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The year 2014’s “To Rise Again at a Decent Hour” used a high-strung dentist to comically explore serious ideas about religion, love and family. Review | Joshua Ferris pokes wicked fun at the suburban patriarch in ‘A Calling for Charlie Barnes’ 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The sequence suggested a story in which Mr. Holmes played a high-strung, not always sympathetic everyman who descends from innocence into desperation, then returns to a tentative calm. Music Review: Clint Holmes Sings Simon and Porter at the Caf? Carlyle 2012-04-11T21:38:46Z She was perfectly matched to the times, with her slightly paranoid, slightly hysterical, high-strung sensibility. Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z And when the Parisian crowds rolled into the Salon of 1865, they too went berserk in front of Édouard Manet’s painting of a courtesan, her maid and her high-strung black cat. The 19th Century’s Most Scandalous Painting Comes to New York 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z An unofficial “Design Week” in Hong Kong — three events that all revolve around various aspects of design — offers a welcome creative respite from the typically high-strung lifestyle in this city. In Transit Blog: Hong Kong Design Week Spotlights Sustainable Consumerism 2011-11-23T11:00:53Z Because the extended conversations among its four high-strung characters are searching, perceptive and sometimes anguished, the movie has the tone of a family therapy marathon whose only off-limits subjects seem to be politics and religion. Movie Review: ‘In Our Nature,’ Directed by Brian Savelson 2012-12-07T01:21:09Z The Sunday talk shows are a rare oasis of calm in a television landscape that is increasingly crammed with high-strung opinion mongers and fake populists on cable news. The TV Watch: Christiane Amanpour Shows Candor on ABC?s ?This Week? 2010-08-01T21:44:00Z Calvin was a sweet and mellow basset hound, owned by a high-strung attorney. I was bad Santa 2012-12-25T12:45:00Z And the personality she presented on stage was quirky, high-strung and far from angelic. Idina Menzel at Radio City Music Hall 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The friction with Mr. Lauren was out of character for Ms. Aldredge, who had a history of working happily with even the most high-strung actors. Theoni V. Aldredge, Costume Designer, Dies at 88 2011-01-22T05:15:21Z It’s the kind of directive that wouldn’t be necessary at most companies — even, perhaps, most high-strung, high-design event-planning firms, even at the height of gala season. ‘Events’ Review: There’s Kool-Aid in the Water Cooler 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Though I’d studied piano for 12 years, my teacher thought Beethoven’s music was too “agitating” for someone with my “high-strung” temperament. The Woman at the Heart of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Mom’s high-strung careerist daughter and Mom’s faithless husband are both addressed by the author as “you,” as if Ms. Shin means to give each a highly personalized scolding. Books of The Times: A Mother?s Devotion, a Family?s Tearful Regrets 2011-03-30T22:25:15Z McBride could jolly up the high-strung Robbins, defusing his famously explosive temper. Patricia McBride, passing on Balanchine’s torch with joy at Charlotte Ballet I was a sullen, high-strung, and prideful boy, awkward, even inept, and I took private refuge in songs. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z While others acknowledge Gabriel does this routine every year, the scene shows just how high-strung families can get. 12 best dinner table scenes on film: From the Griswolds to the Deetzes, here are Hollywood’s most memorable meals 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Hunt’s character, Jackie, is a high-strung New Yorker editor who is never at a loss for a stridently voiced opinion. Review: In ‘Ride,’ Helen Hunt Goes Surfing 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z With her unstable, high-strung temperament, Malony’s slovenly mother, who is too intimidated by him to set boundaries, is almost as unstable as he is. Review: ‘Standing Tall,’ a Boy’s Encounter With the Law 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Oliver is one of those dog people, by the way – a bulldog lover who acts like a high-strung terrier. Like a good neighbor, Howard Morris is there for us on "Only Murders in the Building" 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z They are as uncompromising as their author, the same mix of thoughtful and flamboyant; high-strung tub-thumpers, always bracing, rarely boring. Sally Potter: 'I dreamed about the nuclear threat most nights' 2012-10-04T19:30:02Z “It wasn’t the saccharine sweetness of my work?” cooed Mr. Shankman, who is trim, high-strung and consistently ebullient. 2010-02-12T23:50:00Z He worked a high-stress job, and he was, as I recall, a pretty high-strung guy. Why Fox News' John Roberts appreciates a Merry Christmas perhaps more than most 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Easygoing and unflappable in contrast with the bashful, high-strung Emerick, Scott may have been just what Martin and the Beatles needed to finish off their new long-player. The Beatles’ struggle to finish “The White Album”: How bad did it get? 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Living with his difficult mother in a farmhouse in Charleville, his constricting hometown in the French Ardennes, was intolerable for the high-strung poet. Where Rimbaud Found Peace in Ethiopia 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z She can swan like a high-strung society diva. Patti Smith?s Eye for Fashion 2010-03-19T20:41:00Z Not unlike other bright and high-strung beginners, Aura was alternately confident and insecure, hopelessly romantic and frankly calculating. 'Say Her Name': a true-life story of love, marriage and death 2011-03-30T23:23:17Z As revealed in the film, this high-strung showoff who often behaves like a fourth grader on the verge of a tantrum is a classic example of talent fueled by anger. | 'Conan O?Brien Can?t Stop': One Ticked-Off Comic, Venting to the Faithful 2011-06-23T21:33:28Z It’s a scene that shows Drescher as high-strung without being overbearing. Fran Drescher reveals the role she turned down out of principle: "Who am I if not my word?" 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z A particular standout centers on Mel, the high-strung daughter of successful parents, who builds an artificially intelligent robot for a school science contest and finds her high-strung competitive attitude transferring to the machine. REVIEW: An Amazon Kids' Show Far Better Than Normal 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Dress it up with pearls, a slash of red lipstick and Manolos, and she is a high-strung Upper East Side wife in the 2007 film “The Nanny Diaries.” 2010-01-22T04:01:00Z I’m just as high-strung as I was at 20, as dirty-minded as I was at 13, and as opinionated as I was at 8. Everything the Internet taught me about being 39 is a lie 2014-01-11T22:00:00Z Mr. DeFranco’s mother, the former Louise Giordano, who worked in clerical and factory jobs, was, he recalled, frail and high-strung and was committed to a state mental hospital, where she died after 35 years. Buddy DeFranco, 91, Versatile Jazz Clarinetist, Dies 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z So many of our customers were high-strung attorneys. I was bad Santa 2012-12-25T12:45:00Z Ms. Heigl’s high-strung, wide-eyed Holly is all brass and sharp angles. | 'Life as We Know It': Finding Love Over Dirty Diapers and Sippy Cups 2010-10-07T22:29:00Z Following the misadventures of a laid-back slacker and his best friend, a high-strung stay-at-home husband. What to watch this weekend: ‘Call the Midwife’ on PBS 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z In a picture that’s constantly in danger of being ground down by its own gloom, the brittle lightness of Eisenberg’s high-strung savant is a relief. Review: Superheroes Duke It Out in 'Batman v Superman' 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The opposite of the kind of high-strung, insecure narcissist implied by the term diva, Ms. Maye, who appeared in a sequined shirt and slacks, is grounded and serenely audience-friendly. Music Review: The Broadway That?s Forever Buoyant 2010-10-12T21:37:00Z O’Neill knew the disease was genetic, calling it “a heritage of God knows how long a line of people with high-strung nerves.” Discovering Eugene O’Neill’s San Francisco 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Maccioni’s talent for cosseting high-strung, demanding clients like Stavros Niarchos, Frank Sinatra and the duke and duchess of Windsor elevated him to the status of trusted adviser, fixer and social gatekeeper. Sirio Maccioni, Whose Le Cirque Drew Manhattan’s Elite, Dies at 88 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z All of them said that his wife was “high-strung,” Wilder recalled, and kept telling her, “Go home and relax.” Inside Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner's Romance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z During a suite of songs from “She Loves Me,” in which she played Amalia in the acclaimed Broadway revival, she infused the character with a mischievous, high-strung zest for adventure. Review: Laura Benanti Shows Range With Songs and Stories 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Milch's reflections also are telling about HBO's unfamiliarity with racing and what he calls its "innocence" about the risks of using fragile, high-strung thoroughbreds, whether in real, track-pounding races or slower staged ones. 'Luck' duo defend safety record to 'bitter' end 2012-04-03T10:46:03Z As Penelope Longstreet, a high-strung, high-minded avatar of liberal hypocrisy, Ms. Foster is frighteningly intense, and her skirmishes with Alan Cowan, Mr. Waltz’s cynical corporate lawyer, are full of vigor and venom. | 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z As it happens, I am not prone to procrastination — I’m too high-strung — but in the spirit of . . . science, I agree. Review | Can a new self-help book cure procrastination? I tried it and here’s what I found. 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z While he is soft-spoken, she can be high-strung and quick to be upset. A Union Built in and on Stages 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z According to Horse & Hound, she picked one that she often rode at her country club: a rather high-strung thoroughbred named King Charles. 11 actors who took home their animal co-stars 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Together “the two of them are like the yin and the yang,” said the actor David Coomber, who plays the high-strung, religious Clint, the other roommate of the two lead characters. ‘Bullet for Adolf’ by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman 2012-08-02T15:28:53Z As in Ms. Jaoui’s earlier films, every character is neurotic, high-strung and complicated. Critic’s Notebook: Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Looks at Real Life 2014-03-05T23:11:14Z But all of it that, she added, is nothing compared with the scrutiny of a high-strung co-op board. Civility on the Way Out? Add Dogs to That List 2011-04-27T20:20:50Z Two smarmy instructors lead the students, who include a gay man, a haughty female elitist, an agitated male novice and a high-strung working-class woman. Theater Review: ‘Swing & Beowulf,’ at the Irish Arts Center 2014-05-05T21:12:47Z The hearty Ron Raines as a high-strung businessman on the verge of a nervous breakdown? | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z Stuck in high-strung adolescence, she is often seen wearing an astronaut’s helmet while whizzing around her small Indiana hometown on her pink dragster bike. Theater Review: ‘7th Monarch,’ by Jim Henry, at the Acorn Theater 2012-06-25T22:46:52Z “I can be anxious, I can be high-strung, a little precious about the words I use, and, with Dom, it’s just like pajamas on the couch. And it’s great.” Geography Brought Them Closer Together 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z It keeps “The Lion” high-strung, in a good way. Singer-guitarist Benjamin Scheuer purrs his life and times in ‘The Lion’ 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z I’m a pretty high-strung person, or I was. Lynn Shelton on Overcoming Her Darkest Moment on Set 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z She can appear to be not one person but several, high-achieving and high-strung, tumbled together in a gunny sack and made to wrestle their ways out into the public gaze. How Ayelet Waldman Found a Calmer Life on Tiny Doses of LSD 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Rolling Stone described the song, which landed a Grammy nod for record of the year, "a perfect three-minute teen tantrum about country girls getting mad at high-strung indie boys." Springsteen, Alabama Shakes top Rolling Stone's 2012 best music 2012-12-07T20:26:12Z The clash of movie-world scandal with local politics gives the passionate affair a broad backdrop, as does Ray’s fervent depiction of fragile, high-strung artists caught between love and work. Movies 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z “She’s just one of those — you meet them throughout life — boundless energy, high-strung, talk very quickly, gesticulate wildly, kind of people,” said Cross, a friend for more than 30 years. Using Comedy to Push for Abortion Rights 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Something a little eager to please, a little vulnerable, a little high-strung. Review: Megyn Kelly Tells Tales Out of Fox News in Her Memoir, ‘Settle for More’ 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Among the many interplanetary travels that eventually landed the Little Prince on Earth, the most emotional involves his fraught romance with a vain, high-strung rose, which drove him to leave the asteroid. Review: Fanciful Classic ‘The Little Prince’ Is Turned Into Modernist Fable 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z "Fashion people by nature are a little high-strung, a little dramatic," Kors said. `Project Runway' meets NY Fashion Week 2012-09-07T20:56:10Z “It’s exhausting,” he said about his high-strung character. Tituss Burgess Gets Schooled on David Bowie 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z He built a long friendship with Huston, who was famously difficult on the set, and was known for being sensitive to the insecurities of high-strung stars. Oswald Morris, Artful Cinematographer, Is Dead at 98 2014-03-27T07:11:58Z Berninger himself is a high-strung presence, like an English teacher on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The National ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z The moment Ms. Posey’s high-strung character, Susan Felders, sets foot in the Long Island division of a fictional supermarket chain, where she is the new boss, the lackadaisical employees are jolted into action. Movie Review: ‘Price Check,’ a Comedy by Michael Walker 2012-11-16T01:05:39Z We’re so high-strung and angry with one another these days that we have to bring humor.” Who calls Trump a 'tangerine savior' and Biden 'Papa Long Hugs'? Alpha Male does 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Siraj Wahhaj could not be reached immediately by phone or email, but previously said his son and namesake is high-strung but not an extremist, and his two detained daughters are the “sweetest kinds of people.” Jury selection set to open in terrorism trial of extended family stemming from 2018 New Mexico raid 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z In 1922, one of the earliest studies to emphasize the benefits of touch found that rats who were infrequently touched were more timid and high-strung than those who were petted. Prince Harry says he wasn't shown physical affection as a child. Here's what that can do to children 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Margaret is high-strung, bordering on hysterical, and territorial when it comes to her child, who seems to prefer the company of Dana. 'Kindred's' transfer to TV keeps the novel's plot intact, but loses its spirit 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z She played Nancy Oliver, a young maid hired by Gregory and told not to bother his “high-strung” wife. What headline? ‘Gaslighting’ Merriam-Webster’s word of 2022 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z “It was a perfect match of subversives,” the Oregonian wrote: “Wieden, the high-strung, jabbering, radical writer, and Kennedy, the taciturn, philosophical artist.” Dan Wieden, adman who coined ‘Just Do It’ for Nike, dies at 77 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z I nailed the details, but I was too high-strung to sleep that night. The education and disillusionment of a young reporter in D.C. "should worry every American" 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z “I found on ‘X’ I was really high-strung in many ways,” said Goth. How Mia Goth tackled the killer monologue and unique acting challenge of 'X' prequel 'Pearl' 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Watching him unravel over the course of the show’s six episodes was one of the TV year’s great pleasures, bringing back memories of John Cleese’s Basil Fawlty, up until now our favorite high-strung hotelier. Emmys 2022: Predictions for series and acting nominations 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Watching Bartlett unravel over the course of the show’s six episodes was one of the TV year’s great pleasures, bringing back memories of John Cleese’s Basil Fawlty, up until now our favorite high-strung hotelier. Emmys 2022: Limited series race again offers too many choices, not enough slots 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z He recruited and hired young men, shared his playbook on how to train high-strung thoroughbreds, and then sent his assistants on the road while he oversaw things in California. Horse racing’s spotlight shines again on Lukas at 86 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The actress, known for her TV roles including “Mad Men,” “Community” and “Glow,” says her collaborations with Baena allow her to explore alternatives to her high-strung onscreen personas. A return to Italy for Alison Brie, Jeff Baena in the SXSW premiere 'Spin Me Round' 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Marat was a thin, high-strung, sickly man whose revolutionary writings stirred up the violent mood in Paris. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "There was a high-strung moral panic over horror films in the 1980s that came out of larger parental and religious concerns about popular youth culture," Corupe told Salon by email. The war on Halloween: Why the right's moral panic over '80s horror movies still matters 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a twitchy, high-strung portrayal of the protagonist in “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain,” a film about the titular artist, who popularized kitschy cat pictures in late-Victorian London. Review | Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a twitchy portrait of a troubled artist in ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Shear’s job was to be the paddock’s traffic cop — to ensure the safety of 1,200-pound, high-strung thoroughbreds and the humans who stepped up to admire them. Horseman, Pass By 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The market defies the voice of experts, and common sense: that cars were built to be driven, and that high-strung exotics will suffer from inactivity. Look but Don’t Touch: Supercars That Have Barely Been Driven 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “He’s a gentle horse, but he’s a little high-strung.” Authentic wins Kentucky Derby; Baffert notches 6th victory 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Gen. Scowcroft immersed himself in his small White House office, shunning on-the-record interviews or any press contacts that might antagonize the high-strung, colorful Kissinger. Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to two presidents, dies at 95 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Stempel, once dubbed a “high-strung Human Univac” after the 1950s supercomputer, displayed an uncanny intelligence and viselike memory from his earliest years. Herbert Stempel, whistleblower in quiz show scandals, dies at 93 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Stempel, once dubbed a “high-strung Human Univac” after the 1950s supercomputer, displayed an uncanny intelligence and viselike memory from his earliest years. Herbert Stempel, whistleblower in quiz show scandals, dies at 93 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Something about the otters’ lifestyle provokes envy among Singapore’s high-achieving and high-strung society. Coronavirus lockdown sparks a surprising backlash against otters in Singapore, the 'Otter City' 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z They can face blistering disappointments with an arresting stoicism, having dwelled forever among high-strung, thousand-pound animals whose fates can nose-dive in one lousy step. For the owner and trainer of Kentucky Derby favorite, postponement is part of the game 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z She admitted that at times she’s been particularly high-strung with her co-workers about disinfecting practices around the studio because she doesn’t want anyone to fall ill. These showbiz seniors have their own TV channel to keep them connected 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z A high-strung movie actress finds her life is not her own once a dynamic and domineering publicity agent takes over. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 1: 'Seven Days in May' on TCM and more 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z “The only thing I’ve felt was stress. I’m a high-strung person. I just like to always be moving. I’m not good at relaxing.” Frankie Muniz' severe memory loss doesn't get him down: 'It’s just the way life is' 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z “Black Swan” is an example of a very high-strung, perfectionist character that’s really compelling to watch and very humanizing. If you're expecting diapers in the astronaut story 'Lucy in the Sky,' think again 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Some directors are visibly high-strung on set; Gray is not one of them. James Gray’s Journey from the Outer Boroughs to Outer Space 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Desperate to reach his pregnant wife, a high-strung architect takes a road trip home with an annoying stranger. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z “Get Out’s” Allison Williams plays a high-strung cellist in the twisted new psychological thriller “The Perfection.” What’s on TV, May 19-25: ‘The Name of the Rose’ and more 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It was a refreshing getaway from sprawling, polluted Madrid, and the locals were nice enough — taciturn, but gentler than the high-strung city men. For lonely men in Spanish towns, the ‘caravan of women’ brings hope of love 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Apparently, they too had decided that Cohen was high-strung and not very smart, so one or more of them hatched a scheme to rattle him on the night before he testified. Michael Cohen delivered a dire warning to the Trump cult: There's no evidence they will listen 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Thin-boned and petite, with sharp eyes behind oversized glasses, she had the high-strung yet unruffled quality of a bird on a wire. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z She was the inspiration for Holly Hunter’s high-strung and highly ethical producer in the Oscar-nominated movie “Broadcast News.” ‘She Literally Never Stops.’ CBS News, in Need of Fixing, Turns to Susan Zirinsky. 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He's high-strung by nature, isn't playing particularly well, and is visibly nervous. Jack Nicklaus: Ryder Cup Strategy My Way - Golf Digest 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Kobe Bryant was the high-strung exchange student leading Los Angeles with a strange, sometimes toxic chip on his shoulder; Tim Duncan was San Antonio’s shy excellence engine in bad jeans. LeBron James Spent Another Summer Redefining the Role of Pro Athletes 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z He may have been “high-strung,” but the father never believed his son was extreme enough to kill anyone. Father recalls compound suspect as high-strung, not radical 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Wahhaj said Thursday that his son was “a little bit high-strung” and sometimes prone to anger, and that he was licensed as a private security guard to carry guns. Father of N.M. child-abuse suspects speaks out: They ‘cut ties’ and disappeared 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z He described him as “high-strung” at times but not violent or “radical.” Brooklyn imam dismayed by family's tragedy at New Mexico compound 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Her characters are high-strung women in the thick of busy lives, whose interiors Metcalf, from the midst of her own busy life, evokes with care, ingenuity and intensity. Laurie Metcalf Was Hiding in Plain Sight 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Friend and costar Molly Shannon, who plays Frances’ wealthy, high-strung pal Diane in the series, describes Parker as “a very different, very generous kind of superstar.” Sarah Jessica Parker brings her innate curiosity — and a touch of optimism — to Season 2 of 'Divorce' 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z But then, none of them were gaunt high-strung messes. Five Dancers Accuse City Ballet’s Peter Martins of Physical Abuse 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Jake’s parents knew he could be high-strung; in middle school, they sent him to a therapist when he was too scared to sleep in his own room. Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Whatever you are bleeds into others, and earlier in my career, I was a little bit more high-strung and I worried about things that didn’t matter. Jason Fried of Basecamp on the Importance of Writing Skills 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z During an orderly, wordless interaction, the high-strung Englishman hurriedly scratched black ink on 10 yellow nylon rectangles and on two tournament programs. Signs of the Times - Golf Digest 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z In Game 3 of this high-strung series, a Kelly-on-Kelly crime occurred, Isaiah Thomas was downgraded to human, and the Washington Wizards finally built a lead they couldn’t lose. Perspective | Wizards find the high road to beat Celtics in a Game 3 filled with bluster and bravado 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “I’m high-strung, he’s kind of the opposite, so we have some weaknesses we work on for each other.” What to do with all that time on the Nats’ bench? Become best friends, of course. 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z “There are brilliant, accomplished women who are also irrational, high-strung lunatics — the dames and muses who pop their eyes and throw jealous fits when not urging the Great Man on.” Analysis | Aaron Sorkin, reportedly unaware of Hollywood’s diversity problem, had many chances to become aware 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Once more, Baffert needed time to master the intricacies of training high-strung and fragile athletes that carry their speed beyond a mile. Hard Work, Failure and Passion: How a Horse Trainer Made It 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z He never does, but still, whenever he leaps you sense the possibility of total disaster, as you do with certain high-strung athletes no matter how many times they run or jump or dive. Zadie Smith: what Beyoncé taught me 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z In 1996, I made the acquaintance of the first Lotus Elise, a radically spare aluminum spider with a high-strung Rover engine amidships. 12 Collector-Worthy Cars That Best Exemplify the Glory Days of Gasoline 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Her parents were conservative country-club people, who regarded their high-strung child with some perplexity. The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Everyone is in the dark, but it’s a tense, high-strung darkness that doesn’t let up until the final, forlorn hallucination. ‘Disorder’: Tense thriller followshaunted vet-turned-bodyguard 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z So the prospective worker is pleading guilty to being either high-strung or lazy. How algorithms rule our working lives | Cathy O’Neil 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z And the film's determination to veer into gross-out territory occasionally turns the high-strung tension into awkward laughs. Don't Breathe is a ruthlessly efficient, claustrophobic terror machine 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z He had puffy cheeks, slightly sunken eyes, straight brown hair, and a kind of goofy, high-strung optimism at odds with the popular notion of chefs as chilly sophisticates or imperious pirates. The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The high-strung, studdish colt is such a handful that he has been maintained in a boarded-up stall in Barn 6 at Belmont Park. Exaggerator heads Belmont Stakes field 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z One is a lazy pothead, the other a nerdy, high-strung father; both are about the furthest thing from “hard.” Review: In Key & Peele’s ‘Keanu,’ the true gangster has paws 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z "I'm hoping my horse will relax. "He's high-strung, he's excitable, he wants to go fast all the time. San Felipe Stakes takes spotlight on Big 'Cap day 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z He was frequently foul-mouthed early in his career, and he remained feisty and high-strung, burning off his nervous energy between points by feverishly picking at his strings or grabbing reflexively at his shirt. Lleyton Hewitt Ends Aptly: Sprinting, Cursing, With a Few Tears 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z A high-strung only child, she was raised by what she describes as “neurotic Jewish parents.” Rachel Bloom’s Twisted Comedy 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z He now finds himself trying to get Pittsburgh’s highly capable, occasionally high-strung players working in unison. Penguins Sound Alarm With a Coaching Change 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z It has helped that Gordon isn’t as high-strung as the others, allowing for interactions without high drama. Gustafson, Gordon are pleasant partners in chase for fifth Sprint Cup title 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z By ten, Woody was high-strung like his red-haired mother, moody and prickly. How Woody Allen Got His Nickname 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z He seemed really immature and high-strung — not one of the types of attitudes I want to train.” In Roseburg, a focus on healing and the lives of the victims — not the killer 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z This also inures them to crowds, which can be intimidating or distracting to the high-strung creatures. Tiny Birds, Big Drama: Inside the World of the Birdmen of Queens 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Maybe this explains why many of us are, well, a little high-strung. Many dentists need to decompress. That's no excuse for killing Cecil the Lion | Misee Harris 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z You could make the argument that a high-strung performance car like this shouldn’t be a relaxing experience. Things I learned driving a supercar for the first time 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Despite his resemblance to an overinflated pink zeppelin, Charlie seemed like a soothing presence, a giant snoring security blanket for a high-strung horse. Barnyard Buddies Curl Up at Belmont 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z He is terribly anxious, high-strung and nervous, with a propensity for vomiting at will. If you're obsessed with finding the perfect swing or caddied in your youth, keep reading: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Ron is a micro-manager, a high-strung detail guy, a coach looking for an edge, and a worrier. Ron Hunter Highlights The Wild Emotions Of Coaching Your Own Child 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z He was presented with carrots and a basket of treats, and he was accompanied by his constant companion Gigi, a goat that helps keep the high-strung Thoroughbred calm. Ovechkin's Equine Namesake Retires A Millionaire 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Before he arrived, our finishing was being done by a guy who was a problem: He was high-strung, expensive and not terribly productive, but he was very highly skilled. How We Picked a Format for Employee Reviews 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Put a high-strung vacationer with someone who just likes to sit and read, and you got issues. A Friend in Need: What’s your responsibility? 2014-03-20T14:50:04Z It is easy to imagine that these farmers were tough, salt-of-the-earth types compared with the high-strung movers and shakers who made the previous homes. Manhattan Day Trip to the Nation’s Start 2013-12-12T22:40:07Z A high-strung gentleman with a memorably awful haircut, the Zardmeister roamed the paltry Wizards crowds at Arrowhead Stadium in 2003, ostensibly whipping his fellow fans into a froth. Soccer in the U.S. Heartland: Kansas City Transformed 2013-07-23T17:15:08Z They have similar, high-strung styles and a more placid veteran assistant on the bench might complement Chris better. Grace period short for NU's Collins 2013-04-03T00:46:00Z Some were convinced that her problem was psychological and that she was a high-strung teenaged girl seeking attention. Eating made her sick, but it took doctors years to figure out why 2013-03-25T18:51:35Z From the first boom of an M-80, my high-strung Border collie retreats under my chair and proceeds to treat me as a human shield for the ensuing 15-day barrage. Will Chinese New Year Fireworks Make Beijing's Pollution Worse? 2013-02-09T23:50:21Z But what is not so clear is whether success matters quite to the same degree to Kuznetsova at age 27 as it does to the high-strung Azarenka at age 23. In Australian Open, Kuznetsova and Azarenka Will Meet in Quarterfinals 2013-01-21T05:59:08Z “She was really kind and warm,” Mr. Leff said, “but she always seemed a little bit high-strung.” Adam Lanza’s Mother, His First Victim, Was a Gun Enthusiast, Friends Say 2012-12-15T20:27:19Z She had always been high-strung, particular about details, a self-critical perfectionist like her mother, unconvinced of her beauty, easily flustered. Antonya Nelson: “Literally.” 2012-11-26T05:00:00Z One woman told me that she chose her therapist because “she looked relaxed” in the photos on her Web site, “and I didn’t want anybody too intense, because I’m really high-strung.” Psychotherapy’s Image Problem Pushes Some Therapists to Become ‘Brands’ 2012-11-23T15:00:29Z It was an emotional week in so many ways for Snedeker, already a high-strung personality. Snedeker Pulls Away to Win Tour Championship and FedEx Cup 2012-09-23T22:45:32Z And the public was led to believe the feline Bruni had a soothing influence on her high-strung husband. The Trouble With Valerie 2012-09-17T05:00:00Z She was generous to strangers, but also high-strung, as if she were holding herself together. Adam Lanza’s Mother, His First Victim, Was a Gun Enthusiast, Friends Say 2012-12-15T20:27:19Z I’m kind of high-strung and bouncing off the walls and all over the place. U.S. Olympic track and field trials: Aaron Ross, Sanya Richards-Ross united by medals, rings 2012-06-28T01:55:21Z It’s no wonder Beppe Grillo, a high-strung comedian turned grassroots politician, is fast becoming the most popular voice on the campaign trail with his “Five-Star Movement” and “Clean Up Parliament” mantra. Can ‘Rigor Montis’ Fix Italy? 2012-06-13T15:20:00Z Someone who is patient and a good listener can play that part, be it for a jittery first-time buyer or a high-strung owner who needs frequent calming down. Finding the Right Real Estate Agent for You 2012-06-08T19:59:27Z If he has such a neck, the only safety, if he is high-strung, is never to let him beyond the hand. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z At this minute, in the high-strung state of his mind, the result of recent experiences, he felt as though she were not merely his “second sister,” which is Russian for cousin, but a real one. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The third was euthanized for a head injury suffered when the horse slipped and toppled backward, an accident experts said isn't uncommon for the fragile, high-strung animals that weigh about 1,200 pounds. Horse racing drama 'Luck' proved too real for HBO 2012-03-17T14:01:14Z The certain conviction that the sounds came nearer, being directed, indeed, straight toward the camp, easily impressed itself upon high-strung imaginations. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Rex is intelligent and active, maybe even a bit high-strung, said Steve, who is searching for ways to dissipate some of Rex's energy. Pooch needs training to become good running companion 2012-02-23T02:39:02Z With high-strung Celtic eloquence she told the story of the sweated. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z That makes the roughly 40 patients who stream into Mr. Cass's midtown office each week appear even more anxious and high-strung than before. Warning: Banking May Be Hazardous to Your Health 2012-02-15T02:04:22Z I would wait, and perhaps at some time in the future she might forget a high-strung woman's caution; she might drop a thoughtless word, a firefly to glow in the dark. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z Lad loathed dog shows; as does every dog of high-strung nerves and higher intelligence. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Aubrey stared at the dapper, high-strung figure with its flushed face and cool attire and tried to remember the man. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Horn, whose precocious, high-strung character plays the tambourine and carries a gas mask, has to carry too heavy a load in his film debut. Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ Races Car; Tom Hanks’s 9/11 Key: Movies 2011-12-23T19:56:22Z He was a nervous, high-strung fellow underneath, Arthur was. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The melancholy high-strung passion of Prince Calaf passes through it like a thread of silver. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z They hardly ever eat at a show," the collie man consoled her, "hardly a mouthful—most of the high-strung ones, but they drink quarts of water. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Ever alert, on the qui vive, the mockingbird can no more suppress the music within him, night or day, than he can keep his nervous, high-strung body at rest. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Hardly a whole instant did they pause—pictures of high-strung wild nature, and quivering in every nerve—a lovely spectacle. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z "What is the trouble?" asked Don Mariano, in the energetic tone customary to high-strung natures, when they suspect danger. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z From his bearing I could see that he was rather high-strung. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z A four-day show is the most fearful thing a high-strung dog can go through—next to vivisection. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z I belong to a proud, high-strung race of people. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Again others gave vent to their high-strung emotions by loud wails. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z A 24-year-old right-hander, Hudson is so high-strung that he concedes he is probably his own worst enemy on the mound. Bats: Arizona Hoping Hudson Can Keep His Cool 2011-10-02T19:30:51Z Tetchy and high-strung, he paced the pits chain-smoking and wiping and re-wiping his goggles. Opinion: Danger?s Still Our Middle Name 2011-10-02T00:18:44Z Lady was high-strung and capricious; a collie de luxe. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z How could she care for her convalescent husband, and this impetuous, high-strung child? The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z "And you couldn't tell the coroner that that man was as slim as a whip and as dark as an Indian, about middle height and over thirty, and of a very nervous, wiry, high-strung build." "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z In a moment more, one of the more high-strung ones would begin to cry and then.... Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z She possesses evidently a very high-strung intellect, and her whole conduct is in a higher key, as I may say, than that of ordinary women, or even ordinary heroines. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z A woman less temperamental and high-strung than himself would yield anything for peace. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z She reminded me of M., as she had just such a high-strung face. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z With all those visitors and all those elk, it can sometimes be a challenge to keep curious sightseers and high-strung bulls away from one another. The Call of the Wild: Fall in Colorado?s Estes Park means elk bugling 2011-08-30T18:21:31Z Would you call Florrie a ... a ... well one o' them high-strung girls? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z These stories are intended to create the narrative that she's a high-strung woman who can't handle the stress of the job. Bachmann denies her migraines are incapacitating 2011-07-19T20:02:08Z And the sensitive, high-strung Danny went out from among them burdened with the feeling that they did not look for him to succeed. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z They stood listening for a minute or two, intent and high-strung, and heard only the wailing of the wind, for the birches once more swayed about them. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z Doubtless the increased mannerism of the style is disturbing, and this not only in the high-strung French scenes. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Up to a moment ago he had held such a thing out of the question with the boy's high-strung sense of honor and his lack of experience with girls. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Like all high-strung natures, Wacora was subject to fits of despondency. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z He was jilted; and being one of those sensitive men with a high-strung nervous organisation, he took it to heart too much. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z She was still standing on the bridge, her face wet with the driving spray, and a tense look about the mouth which told of nerves high-strung. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z We are even willing to believe that a high-strung, nervous girl may imagine herself to be the subject of miraculous influences. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z She is very nervous and high-strung—a strong character, but susceptible to her feelings. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z So high-strung is her sensibility that she would weep if she was shown a mouse in a trap, or if her little dog was beaten with a stick. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z In the tense silence of the house, the nervous gasp of a high-strung woman was distinctly audible. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z On the contrary, she has always been rather nervous and high-strung and inclined to be excitable. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Every time a jockey hits the track, he or she faces the prospect of major injury or death if something untoward occurs while astride massive, fast and high-strung animals that race in very tight quarters. Horse Racing: The Short Hard Ride of Michael Baze 2011-06-10T11:25:00Z Make yourself look well; the boy's a little high-strung, you know. The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts 2011-06-04T02:00:13.903Z An attractive brunette with the high-strung manner common to the ambitious and overscheduled, Ms. Adams wore cream-colored slacks and held a plastic bottle full of greenish liquid. The Thriving (Online) Shelter Magazine Industry 2011-06-02T02:47:06Z Miss Blanchard," he replied, now in a tone half apologetic, "you high-strung young ladies are always making mistakes, when you try to judge about other people who don't feel like you. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z And he knew what a living hell the life must have been to a high-strung Mexican youth. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z We have seen that the illusionism of Schopenhauer and more particularly of Wagner exerted a strong attraction on his high-strung artistic temperament. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z In a study recently published in the journal Nature, a team of neuroscientists turned these high-strung prey into bold explorers with the flip of a switch. Control Desk for the Neural Switchboard 2011-05-16T23:10:35Z The loud noise might unduly alarm the competitors, who are high-strung even when not running for $1,000 in prize money. Out Here / Chandler, Ariz.: For Chihuahuas, the Race Is Not Always Swift 2011-05-12T15:49:13Z Roland willingly threw down his pen, and settled himself back in his chair, for one of the rambling talks which offered a little recreation to his rather high-strung temperament. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z But once let a high-strung girl like her get a glimpse of the outside world and no common hacendado can ever hope to tie her shoestring. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z My wife was surprised and so expressed herself and also her sorrow at having her go, but no inducement she could offer had any effect on this high-strung woman. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z As high-strung natures will, she sought relief from her mental torment in physical exercise. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z And so I sat in long, weary suspense, tossed hither and thither by my distracted thoughts, while I waited, my nerves high-strung, to learn the result of the conference below stairs. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z But to his conception, religion consisted mainly in emotion—in a high-strung ideality, and in adoration of the supreme, Infinite Love. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z You are too high-strung and nervous, little girl. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z He lost not two minutes in thought, but with a lowering brow went out into the streets, high-strung, his fingers cramped together. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z At times I called you too high-strung, at times I said to myself that yours was simply a cold nature. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Every man at that hotel ought to be hung up and high-strung and quartered—make an example of the whole outfit. Seeing France with Uncle John 2011-02-26T03:00:47.827Z He was always a sensitive, high-strung fellow and deeply religious—full of lofty ideals and all that sort of thing—even then, when he was hardly more than a lad. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "We all feel the disgrace of it," the old man answered, "but women are more sensitive, imaginative, and high-strung than men." The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z They were very proud, high-strung, and restless, sombre in the presence of contempt, lowering with some expectation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z The South acted like a violent, high-strung woman, whose husband tries to reason with her in vain. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z It was inhabited by high-strung residents, to make it easy. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z The erratic, emphatic, dogmatic old lady could not sympathize with the high-strung, high-spirited young girl, and as a result there was more friction than should be in any well-regulated family. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z "I think he's a poet," Amelia whispered, "or maybe a musician—one of the high-strung, quivering kind, don't you know." Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z A similar change has been observed in high-strung horses taken from the United States to England. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Like a high-strung, violent termagant, the lately-defeated rebels now clamored for the ruling of their own States in their own way, to the complete exclusion of the lawful rights of all others. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z The sound of the maiden's light footsteps soon died away in the passage, like the vibrations of a high-strung instrument in a passage of music, and the two men stood alone together. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z The high-strung little heifer had taken a dangerous climb to find a sanctuary worthy of her great moment. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z But her riding had been confined to the placid farm horses of Missouri, and now she felt this high-strung creature quivering beneath her and eager to go. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Not all alopecia areata patients — like children — are high-strung people. Can Stress Cause Hair Loss? 2010-08-26T19:50:00Z Like an ungovernable, high-strung virago, her temper was up, and she threatened secession, and dreamed of extending a new slave empire around the Gulf of Mexico. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z Talented in the extreme but just as high-strung, Watson in final round contention was a big mistake waiting to happen. Growing Pains 2010-08-15T04:00:00Z France was playing Romania in the opening game for both teams, and sharing the dingy, narrow cafe with me were several high-strung teenagers. In the Arena: Messi Is the Stuff of Virtual Dreams 2010-04-09T15:06:00Z "I think he's very much like me—he's emotionally high-strung but handles it," she says. Return of Broadway's Prince 2010-04-08T21:39:00Z While there are certainly readers who prefer Ms. Brown’s extravagance over Mr. Remnick’s newspaperlike instincts, he is widely given credit for remaining calm in a building and profession full of high-strung neurotics. David Remnick Makes It Look Easy at The New Yorker 2010-04-05T02:19:00Z True, Collier had seemed to be a nervous, high-strung man, but when Lefty had last seen him he had perceived no indications of such a sudden and complete breakdown. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Being of a high-strung and nervous temperament and governed by moods, he evinced strong likes and dislikes, and frequently displayed an annoying stubbornness,—a fact often dwelt upon by Mr. von Osten. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology Said that ended it and he passed her up—too dashed much bother trying to follow 'em, he decided; they were too high-strung, too emotional, too uncertain of themselves, he thought. The Haunted Pajamas Jack proved her horsemanship by recognizing that the high-strung animal she was riding required a different treatment from one of her rough ponies. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold Save for the impulsive little hand on his arm at times, the slightest quiver of lip and voice, there was no sign of the high-strung, fresh young force that he vaguely divined within her. The Moonlit Way Lady Lee was a splendid three-year-old bay, a quivering, sensitive, high-strung animal. The Social Gangster He had taken her expressions so literally, and had not appreciated her high-strung feelings. On the Heights A Novel A nice girl—hysterical, high-strung, but full of the pride of race. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel I can perfectly imagine a high-strung man battering himself against it from sheer nervousness. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York Bodily hardships she had none to suffer, but she had a chronic disorder of long standing, which had been aggravated by the high-strung expectations of the last half-dozen years. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII With that, the high-strung young fellow seized his hat, and flung out of the house, carrying his book with him. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction I own that mine are a little too high-strung,” answered Maurice, with something of a stammer. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt And so their high-strung mood passed over into merriment. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine As he sits there the whole situation seems to get upon his nerves, high-strung as they are after the quick excitement of the foregoing events. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Coming as it did upon the dead silence, the interruption was, to say the least, startling: all the more so to these two, their nerves in a state of high-strung tension. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland A few moments before, Dinan's blacksmith had ordered a high-strung bay horse to be hitched up, and while this was being done, the two men strolled up the street to an adjacent cigar store. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin That to which he was most sensitive was a purely psychological feeling of suspense and excitement, a semi-hysterical, high-strung, emotional state which he knew he shared with the audience, its source in fact. The Destroying Angel The story is told of the quarrel of two Norman ladies, Eliosa and Isabella, both of them high-strung, loquacious, and beautiful, and both dominating their husbands by the forcefulness of their natures. Women of England The high-strung mimicry of jest and light heart that one would have looked for is absent. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war When I was a young fellow—mere bundle of nerves, high-strung, sir—high-strung! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. "My nerves are simply of the high-strung type," I argued. The Portal of Dreams One glance told him that Eugene was an artist—very likely of ability, more than likely of a sensitive, high-strung nature. The "Genius" The mountaineers are high-strung and sensitive to criticism. Our Southern Highlanders The dancing lights in the man's eyes, the high-strung sound of his voice were things to make you wary and careful. 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces It was the nervousness of cold apprehension, not simply that which had become indigenous to his high-strung make-up. The Women-Stealers of Thrayx He was too impetuous and high-strung for that. The Girl in the Mirror Haggard was almost as noticeable, though less interesting; a slender, high-strung man, with a pale face seamed by a long scar got in a duel. John March, Southerner A sensation of such high-strung passion cannot be prolonged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Treble and Eastin were both high-strung men and they did not like to continue to run from that number of enemies. History of Morgan's Cavalry He was the medical man in constant attendance upon the Baron Savitch, whose high-strung mental organization rendered him susceptible to sudden and alarming attacks of illness. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 While, on the one hand, our harps must not always be on the willows; neither must they always be high-strung and gaily played. Talkers With Illustrations How long is it since you got these high-strung notions?” Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 This was too much for the high-strung teamster. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Like a high-strung Barbary mare—she was of good birth and breeding—her nerves tugging in their sheaths, her heart a burnt-out cinder, Hedda saw but one way to escape—suicide. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Other men might have endured the same thing and laughed the next day, but Brian was high-strung and tense, and while his will was still strong, his physical endurance was shattered. Nuala O'Malley Those differences with his father, which had been weighing almost morbidly upon his high-strung nature, were renewed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) For the rest of the day she refused to leave the house and sat all the time in high-strung expectation near the telephone, that she might not lose a moment in responding to its ring. The Fate of Felix Brand Unless you were a nervous, high-strung brat yourself, you can't imagine the effect of that on me. The Monk of Hambleton Ceaseless anxiety over a hitherto ineffective campaign had played sad havoc with the nervous, high-strung temperament of the English commander; and the grey, inaccessible city still rose grimly to mock his schemes. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France It had always been part of the family tradition to respect Claude's high-strung nerves. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Lola's delicate and high-strung, and I don't know how to manage her like my wife did. A Prairie Infanta For so vital and high-strung a woman, Mary-Clare could at critical moments be absolutely negative, to all appearances. At the Crossroads If a woman like that—high-strung, nervous—were to kill a man it would be in some swift fit of passion. The Monk of Hambleton Betty began to quiver through all her little system of high-strung nerves and sympathies. The Eye of Dread Though still slight of build I was wiry, high-strung and quick of movement. The Harbor Nervous, rather high-strung, he had been unable to sleep; at about one in the morning of the 18th of March, he had come up on deck. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 He couldn't help but feel that the real problem was to get away from these high-strung, squabbling men, to escape from this hot, smelly little room. Death Wish But Ocky was better equipped mentally to carry the scheme through, that took a cool head, and Janet, from Kitty's account, was rather of the emotional, high-strung, hysterical type. The Monk of Hambleton The nervousness, the high-strung tension of three months ago, is conspicuous by its absence. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The high-strung beasts plunged at their bits, and the leaders started to rear. The Twins of Suffering Creek The Zenians have a strange way of being right about such things; their high-strung, sensitive natures seem capable of responding to those delicate, vagrant forces which even now are only incompletely understood and classified. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 He wasn't much account last season—too nervous and high-strung. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories Under her looks of Parisian delicacy, Bobinette had a valiant spirit, a high-strung temperament and a will of steel.... A Nest of Spies After the death of Lady Ashburton, there were no differences between them, except such as might be expected in the case of two persons of irritable and high-strung natures, and of uncompromising veracity. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History And so swift was the high-strung horse that she was never left behind until a long stretch of road had been covered. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Every one knew how he had sacrificed a friend to his sense of civic duty, and everyone knew what pain that act must have caused a man with such a high-strung conscience. Counsel for the Defense The nuns of Loudun were, as has been said, mostly daughters of the nobility, and were thus, in all likelihood, temperamentally unstable, sensitive, high-strung, nervous. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters Well, Clara," said her mother, "you don't expect to have the high-strung, pleasurable excitement of a bride all the time, do you? A California Girl Extreme sensitiveness is apt to accompany a spirit of just his high-strung, petulant, and spleenful sort. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History A span of high-strung blacks, with white feet, and they gave the negro at their heads all he could do to keep them from going. The Love Story of Abner Stone Perhaps she would resist the temptation, and go home nervous, high-strung, excitable—the evening stretching endlessly before her—without him. The Beloved Woman Once the old Doctor said: "That's a peculiarly sensitive, high-strung, nervous child; you must be gentle with her," and both parents had stared at him. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Mr. Brown was a very quiet, inoffensive person, the wife a little high-strung. Old New England Traits For this fellow, who knows nothing of disordered liver or high-strung nerves, goes regularly to a great nerve specialist with the periodical belief that his nervous system is beginning to decay. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories The girl broke into a little, high-strung laugh that had a tinge of bitterness in it. Hawtrey's Deputy Well," Mrs. Sheridan said, "she has always been high-strung, that one. The Beloved Woman The feverish, high-strung boy was never dismayed and never a dreamer, but always confident, purposeful, good-humored. Stephen Arnold Douglas They do not put woman on a pedestal to be worshipped; they are unacquainted with the finer, more sensitive, more high-strung possibilities of her nature. Change in the Village The high-strung mood in which he had been ready to proclaim his wrong-doing was already passing away. The Giant's Robe With all his coolness in emergencies—his readiness of resource—in times of rest he would grow moody and high-strung. The Sign of the Spider The crackling of a twig brought her around as a sudden tight rein does a high-strung horse. Brand Blotters Curiously enough, the tall, dignified, deeply religious Sikhs and the little, nervous, high-strung Dyak pagans get on very well together, eating, sleeping and drilling in perfect harmony. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China But this was enough for these high-strung athletes, to whom the cry “play ball” was like a bugle call. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour This was a rule that she never to my knowledge broke; though she was naturally rather a high-strung person, as I think the pleasantest and most generous people one meets with generally are. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 It is time something was done to keep from this high-strung nation a drug so deadly. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Jack Flatray could look at death level-eyed, and with an even pulse, because for him it was all in the day’s work; but the prospect of it shook West’s high-strung nerves. Brand Blotters It moved an inch or two with his weight, but by this time every one was too high-strung to laugh. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life He could see just how Anthony had read Cousin Jasper's character, sensitive, high-strung, with strong affections that not even great wrongs could quite break down. The Windy Hill That sort of questioning, tantalizing, keeping a man on tenterhooks, knocks the metal out of a high-strung temperament like his. No Clue A Mystery Story Chiefly from Rattar's housemaid, a very excellent but somewhat high-strung and imaginative young woman, and how much to believe of what she told me I honestly don't know. Simon She is too ambitious and high-strung for that. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation "That horse may prove to be a pretty high-strung beast." The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch Some of the high-strung chaps do go to pieces about this time and you have to nurse them along pretty carefully. Left Guard Gilbert He was a high-strung, plucky young fellow, and was reproved by a Federal officer for continuing to wear brass buttons. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Henry acknowledged in her that great quality of the nervous temperament, the power of rising high-strung to an emergency. The Creators A Comedy And she will grow more like her as the years go by, so spirited and high-strung. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation Agatha broke into a little, high-strung laugh that was near to weeping. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Clearly it was too much to ask of the high-strung woman, after she had nerved herself up to the ordeal, to go on waiting indefinitely in suspense. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] But you are too high-strung to be successful in a position of this kind. Patty's Success The thirty horse-power engine purred and obeyed with the sympathy of a high-strung horse. Young Hilda at the Wars The roar of the docks surged through dull and confused, a medley of clanking hatch-covers, complaining tackle, deep-throated protests of donkey-engines, outlandish commands from stevedores, and the yelps of high-strung little tugs bossing the lighters. Isle o' Dreams The high-strung, anxious voice was no longer heard crying aloud piteously for what it could not obtain. Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School When they jovially entered the elevator together, some high-strung stenographer would rush over to one of the older women to weep and be comforted.... The Job An American Novel Though soundly healthy, Patty was high-strung, and stopped at no amount of exertion to attain a desired end. Patty's Success The principle difficulty was, that I had inherited a high-strung, passionate temper from my mother, and a strong self-will from my father, which made a combination hard to subdue. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Those high-strung paramour types always raising a ruckus. The Perfectionists I went, prepared for tears, for outcries, perhaps for violent resistance, for the ardent and high-strung nature of my beloved Señorita Margarita is well known to me. Rita Course you high-strung virgin kind of shemales take some time to learn to get over your choosey, finicky ways. The Job An American Novel But Armstrong knew the material he was dealing with, and how different from the nervous, high-strung pupils of Oberlin and Mount Holyoke was the vigorous, sensuous material he was to mold. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement She was as delicate and high-strung and timid, as he was brown, big, and fearless as to anything, be it man or typhoon. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle The high-strung gaiety, the drinking, the overtranking, the relaxation of mores. Mercenary "Do you believe a young, delicate, high-strung girl, like Nancy, could commit such a cold-blooded murder?" The Lost Despatch A queer, high-strung child; so old, yet so young. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout. The King's Mirror He has had a rough time, never doubt that, with his high-strung, arrogant, sensitive nature and the dirty trick played on him by that heartless jade, Dame Fortune, before his birth. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Not that there was in itself anything so very alarming about a nervous explosion from a girl so high-strung and susceptible as Lydia. The Squirrel-Cage Swimming is good, particularly for nervous, high-strung persons. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture He was a fair-complexioned, clever, high-strung Virginian, and managed to obtain a great deal of paper money from both republics. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War But the merry eyes would twinkle in amusement at my high-strung folly, as I had seen them twinkle at my brother-in-law's stolidity. The King's Mirror And she was at all times hysterical and high-strung. Mistress Anne Everyone had expected so high-strung a creature to be “half-wild with nerves.” The Squirrel-Cage No man so reveals in himself the tremendous transforming power there is in the sight of the Christ as does this high-strung son of the Hebrew race. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation But it was late at night; he was high-strung and nervous himself, and the fact that Mr Sharnall should have been brought to such a pitiable state of mental instability depressed him. The Nebuly Coat You know what a proud, high-strung chap he always was. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win When are your high-strung, thoroughbred nerves going to accept the fact that I would never consider marriage with a business inferior? Bread Overhead It’s a good thing my high-strung little girl has such a levelheaded mother to look after her. The Squirrel-Cage Mrs. Gaunt's face was pale, and sad, and stern,—a monument of deep suffering and high-strung resolution. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 For a moment the big cat held his ground, but the sight of the queer apparition bearing down upon him was too much for his high-strung nerves. Followers of the Trail So perverse have been fate's courses that this high-strung, assertive mariner hesitates to direct life's drifting argosy. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 She 's a sensitive, high-strung girl whom the slightest breath of scandal would fairly kill. The Paternoster Ruby Dr. Melton’s professional eye took in the fact that everyone in the room was high-strung and tense. The Squirrel-Cage They may do well for a time, some of them unusually well, for it is the sensitive, high-strung organism that is appreciative and effective. The Untroubled Mind A lengthy, elaborate and high-strung Prevention of Immorality Bill was introduced in the House of Commons by a group of Nonconformists mainly on the Liberal side. The Task of Social Hygiene Being, however, of a nervous, high-strung temperament, the three Sans' tactics had effected her most of all. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore I was resolved not to commit myself to anything that would only make me ridiculous; but this passionate, high-strung girl had told only the truth when she warned me that she was in dead earnest. The Paternoster Ruby Her mother turned the conversation, thinking she would be glad when this period of high-strung nerves and fancies should be over. The Squirrel-Cage Like those high-strung horses that were the first to break their hearts on the trail, I was unsuited for it all. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Pushed to harsh extravagance they are not only useless to aid the young in their practical difficulties, but become mischievous by the injury they inflict on over-sensitive consciences, fearful of falling short of high-strung ideals. The Task of Social Hygiene He was just the man her impulsive, high-strung nature could accept as a refuge, beat against and buffet if need be, then learn to appreciate and cling to. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid She alone had remained serenely confident of the outcome, and now, being the least prepared for it, the shock to her high-strung susceptibilities was more keenly poignant than human flesh could endure. The Paternoster Ruby But Ivan was Ivan still: high-strung, keenly apperceptive and receptive; his spiritual, like his physical, nerves, alive to every emotion, every pain or pleasure that rose up into his present. The Genius In her present high-strung condition, her apprehension made her a little faint for a moment. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Of a sensitive, high-strung temperament, E. A. Partridge suffered reaction to such a degree that at times he became almost despondent. Deep Furrows For her soul was too high-strung now to endure the chit-chat she knew would attack her on the road home,—chit-chat that had been welcome enough coming home from other preachers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 With a gesture plainly indicative of high-strung nerves, she turned to the table and poured herself out a cup of tea. The Mystics A Novel Still, all were in a state of high-strung suspense, looking out eagerly from morning till night for the promised vessel that every one expected was coming to deliver them. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land For it shows him touching, and probably twisting, a ring on his finger, the very act of a high-strung personality who would also fidget with a dagger. A Short History of England This was when Cantrell, a high-strung individual at best, reacted violently to the change in the creature. Ten From Infinity Leonard, in truth, was one of those high-strung men who pay for their periods of religious rapture by hours of melancholy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 That the method is of special value in sensitive, high-strung, nervous women of the "higher classes," who so habitually shun the rigors of child bearing—especially in the instance of their first child. The Mother and Her Child The portrait exhibits the face of an elderly man distinctly of a high-strung and nervous temperament, though not quite to the extent of being ‘sicklied oer with the pale caste of thought.’ Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees I do not wonder her little girl should be so nervous and excitable, being the child of such a nervous, high-strung woman. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem It would be better for Catherine, too, to avoid a fine, high-strung, emotional scene. Highways in Hiding Once when riding a fine and high-strung horse a bear suddenly appeared in front. Ranching, Sport and Travel Miss Wharton’s injustice, Jean Brent’s selfishness, together with the sudden shock of Tom’s184 departure out of the country and out of her life, were too much for her high-strung, sensitive nature. Grace Harlowe's Problem If he was active and enterprising beyond his years, with his nervous high-strung temperament he was capable of suffering acutely; and this capacity was now to be sorely tried. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Drunkenness, instead of a base and beastly sin, was an infirmity incident to a high-strung and generous temperament. A History of American Christianity He saw that this bereaved husband was of the high-strung, Southern-gentleman type, hot-tempered, impulsive, one of those apt to believe that "shooting" is the remedy for one's personal ills or injuries. The Winning Clue Rose was conscious of her variable spirits—the heritage of her years—getting more and more uncertain, and of being wrought up to a perilously high-strung pitch. A Houseful of Girls To a high-strung animal the roping, throwing, and burning is a tremendous nervous shock. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle And a great many high-strung sensitive men are utterly cast down because they have failed to acquire wealth by the time they are forty-five or fifty years of age. How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" Quisanté was not easy either, as his lined face and his high-strung manner showed; he was half-killing himself and he was not easy. Quisanté Carew was high-strung and sensitive, even as a boy, and events had only served to develop these traits. Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White There is something grand about the girl—something too great and noble in that high-strung nature of hers, for such a reprobate as I! Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel He was a high-strung lad of delicate sensibilities. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky I had yet to learn what magnificent reserves there were in this clean-cut, high-strung young fellow who, when we began, looked as if he had never done a day's real labor in his life. Branded Their high-strung emotional make-up brought them into serious conflict with those about them on many occasions before. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry She is an adorable little human being, pretty, high-strung, temperamental, full of certain feminine fascination that defies analysis, which is partly due to the few faults she possesses. The Girl with the Green Eyes A Play in Four Acts In her high-strung condition Robin thought it had just come—she liked to think it had just come. Red-Robin Mary Baker was a nervous, high-strung girl, unusually attractive in personal appearance, proud, precocious, self-conscious, masterful. Modern Religious Cults and Movements Waller feared the result on so high-strung a temperament, and had made young Field believe that, when strong and well enough to attempt the journey, he should be sent to Rock Springs. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier The last two days and nights of suspense and high-strung emotion seemed to have left him incapable of any further sensation at present beyond that of an intense fatigue. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers Then he somewhat pompously and redundantly explained that I was a highly organized individual, "a bit high-strung," as Mrs. Dixon put it. The Prairie Wife He was evidently a very proud and high-strung man, and appeared to be unable to reconcile himself to the situation. On The Blockade But if a high-strung man gives himself out all day long, every day, recklessly, and is at the same time under a mental strain, he is likely to be ill. August First And I do think I know her—proud, sensitive, high-strung, generous, captivating beauty that she is! American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Outdoor sports and wholesome friendships he had rejected, even while his solitary nature and high-strung temperament made some defense against temptation imperative. Roads from Rome Dr. Biggs says that papa's is a high-strung, nervous disposition which at times makes the taking of—of a little alcohol absolutely necessary. Under Handicap A Novel He is so high-strung," she said, "not like ordinary children. Honey-Sweet A great feeling of pity for the high-strung girl welled up in him, and he wished that it were possible to impart some of his own strength to her. The Parts Men Play An exceptionally high-strung nervous temperament makes alcoholic stimulants poison to me. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Peace upon earth thou knewest not: now, being dead, Rest, with nor curse nor blessing on thine head, Where high-strung hate and strenuous envy cease. Sonnets, and Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets (1590-1650) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol V. Such a high-strung, jumpy party he is, always glancin' around suspicious. Wilt Thou Torchy But this man—a child of the latter day—had not the new self-confidence, and he was at the best high-strung, unwise, and unworldly. The Half-Hearted It is instructive also to compare this high-strung steadfastness of purpose to dare every risk, if success perchance might be won thereby, with his comment upon his own impulses at a somewhat later date. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain He's just a high-strung human colt that life is breaking. Skyrider There was no such high-strung emotion in those who anxiously watched its progress. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century He is the product of a high-strung civilization, and all its complicated crossPg 3currents of thought and feeling stir and perplex his verse. Matthew Arnold To a high-strung, passionate, nervous temperament and an exceedingly active imagination he unites a keen intellect which finds its highest satisfaction in theoretical abstractions and subtleties, and which accepts, phrases as though they were realities. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy "Oh, great cats!—you and your high-strung notions of what you've got to do!" snorted the traffic manager, and he went away to his classification meeting. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush On the contrary, the girls were all glad that the gloomy, neglected boy, with his artistic, high-strung temperament, would be so well provided for. Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad With senses as high-strung as ever, they still watched carefully for every new fact, every unexpected incident that might throw some light on the sidereal investigations. All Around the Moon No nation, for example, could have more calmly endured the terrible sufferings of the famine, more especially as the high-strung nerves of the Celt render him physically and mentally the very reverse of a stoic. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent To live it over in the soul tempered it, gave it firmness and resolution, and it is not impossible that the sympathetic, high-strung Shakespeare needed just such discipline. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway All these high-strung possibilities deadened the horrible pain she knew her soul held for her, as soldiers carry wounds to be felt when the charge is over. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Where were the high-strung nerves now, the elastic frame, the bounding heart? Stories of Mystery The processions and banners, the music and fireworks, of both parties, were stilled and forgotten while the audience listened with high-strung nerves to the intellectual combat of three hours' duration. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History The music consists of a high-strung violin and a species of guitar. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself It is a story of the revolution, high-strung and emotional. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. The entire sex has never produced one opera, nor one epic that mankind could tolerate a minute: and why?—these come by long, high-strung labor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 It was in the time of the last war, and he had a nephew, Ben Dighton, a dreadful high-strung, wild fellow, who had gone off on a privateer. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Gone was the vital spark that had quickened and glowed to noble thoughts; gone was the strength that had been weakness; gone the quick, nervous, high-strung spirit; gone the love that had no recompense. The Day of the Beast Long before the Conquest, Normandy had known their high-strung spirit and fiery valour. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality All through the literature of the mid-century, the high-strung ear may catch the drip-drip of spring water down the rocky walls of the grot. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century "No; nor would I condemn a high-strung colt to the bone-yard because I couldn't put a bridle on him the first time I tried." The Lever A Novel He fought against his own emotions, and listened to her high-strung chatter and plans for the future. The Spinners The Canon's sermon did not maintain this high-strung mood, though why not it would be difficult to say. Cecilia de Noël Poor thing! you know she is so very "high-strung," such delicate sensibilities! Doctor Claudius, A True Story The door stands open to the great composing-room, where eighty typesetters--eighty cynics--eighty nervous, high-strung, well-paid workmen--stand at their intellectual toil. David Lockwin—The People's Idol She was becoming seriously uneasy, though she sought to reassure herself with the thought that Violet's nerves were of the high-strung order and could scarcely have failed to suffer from the strain they had undergone. The Keeper of the Door Then, after a pause, she resumed her bitter musing in the same high-strung, reckless manner. The Wheel of Life But Ruth and her friends had long since agreed that no other nervous or high-strung girl was to be hazed, as she and Helen had been, when they first came to the Hall. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box They are more likely than men to rely on broad human emotion, and their tendency in error is toward the morbid analysis of a high-strung moral situation. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Mr. Dillon, rising—pale, high-strung, and nervous—was a sympathetic sight, and the House was ready to listen to him with the greatest attention. Sketches in the House (1893) Granted a less tactful leader than himself, there will be friction with our high-strung frontiersmen in that country. 54-40 or Fight We hear the courage striking through the pain, As always in your long, illustrious reign, Which shrinking ne'er hath seen,— Shrinking from high-strung duty, the brave way Of an imperial spirit. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892 The tension of excitement had been too much for his high-strung temperament, and the relapse was swift and painful. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance But the original temperament was nervous, high-strung, delicate; one learns of an appetite that disappeared easily, a sleep readily disturbed, in short, an easily lowered or obstructed output of energy. The Nervous Housewife The high-strung quality of his nervous system was evidenced in his restless hands, his attitude frequently changed. The Mississippi Bubble A high-strung, handsome Southerner, fond of wine an' cards an' women. The Mysterious Rider And Don, who had been as high-strung as any of the others, suddenly became sober and grave. Don Strong, Patrol Leader Lincoln was a little slow in making the payments, and after he had paid all but ten dollars, my father, who was a high-strung man, became impatient, and sued him for the balance. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 What is not generally realized is that he was also a high-strung and eager spectator of the greater things. The Art of Letters The neighbors say that she has been a hard worker and of a very high-strung temperament. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 A high-strung, nervous beast might, from rough usage and abuse, go "bad"; but the blue roan—they had called him Pardner—had never showed the slightest symptom of nerves. The Happy Family Ted Carter drove the players with a high-strung, nervous vim. Don Strong, Patrol Leader His general health has always been good, but he is a high-strung, neurotic man, with quick mental reactions. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy I am violent and tenacious in temper, high-strung, and rapid in thought and action. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Mother was high-strung and nervous, but possessed of indomitable courage and very affectionate; she lived very happily with her husband. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Of high-strung and nervous temperament, he was somewhat irritable in matters of controversy; but he was repeatedly subjected to serious provocation. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature He wanted to play fair, but his high-strung nature could not shake off the dread of having anybody think that Tim Lally could be led around by the nose. Don Strong, Patrol Leader A day's work in the open air fills his veins at nightfall with an opiate of weariness instead of a high-strung nervousness. The Art of the Moving Picture Being of an intensely nervous and high-strung organization, and doing his work in a mixed population that would have taxed the patience of Job in its management, it is no wonder that Bro. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler He also invented a number of other related terms on the same basis; some of these terms have had a considerable vogue, but they are too fanciful and high-strung to secure general acceptance. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion He is awfully high-strung and a little vicious. A Young Girl's Wooing She was also plastic, and if she had a somewhat too high-strung nature, love had been known to work wonders before. What Dreams May Come Only a high-strung delicate spirit is capable of such a perennial passion of penitence. Robert Browning By special effort, for a special purpose He drew high-bred, high-strung, scholarly, intense Paul, out of his mad enmity into a lifelong devotion. Quiet Talks with World Winners Fred is a peculiar and high-strung boy, but I believe his impulses are right in the main. The High School Boys' Canoe Club Wheeler liked to sit back and put her through her paces like a high-strung filly. The Vertical City Note prominence of brows, high head, large, well-formed nose, chin, and ears, fine texture, high dome over temples, short upper lip, and alert, high-strung, friendly expression. Analyzing Character Nor can one who has not the foolish, romantic, nervous, high-strung, artistic temperament understand from within Poland's national history. As Seen By Me In her high-strung consciousness of Welby's dismissal, she felt herself not only secure against the vulgar snares of vanity and sex, but, as it were, endowed with a larger spiritual freedom. Fenwick's Career He was sensitive and high-strung, very much the artist and the man of science. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty |
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