Sentence examples similar to high strung confrontation from inspiring English sources

THERE ARE TWOreasons that a mere fish should have inspired such a high-strung confrontation reminiscent of Greenpeace's early days as a defender of whales.

Too high strung.

I'm physically very energetic and high strung.

"Arabians are notoriously high strung," Ms. Stull said.

Is the last best hope of earth that high strung?

And since when did "high strung" become a synonym for "playground bully"?

Do that, he said, "and hopefully your nerves aren't high strung".

"If I were as high strung as my mother I'd drop dead.

In one movie, he is told that he is very high strung.

"By the time they get to work they're pretty high strung.

I know I'm high strung, but who wouldn't freak out after seeing these?