Both Uses of
high-strung
in
Arrowsmith
- Angus and Leora kept up a high-strung chatter, while Martin stalked beside them, silent, sulky, proud of being sulky.†
Chpt 7 *high-strung = tense and easily upset
- I was pretty high-strung.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(high-strung) tense and easily upset
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, high-strung can refer to something's physical location.