1. She has a little bit of a screw loose, maybe too highly strung . 2. The characters are highly strung people confronting crises, sometimes within a moral context. 3. Teetotal and highly strung , his exacting fa�ade conceals deep kindness and real integrity. 4. Lamborghini considered the resulting engine to be too highly strung , and ordered that it be detuned. 5. A few have been tamed in captivity but hornbill behavior in captivity is described as highly strung . 6. "They have totally different personalities, Robin is a very temperamental and very highly strung person. 7. He was seen by the police on the scene as being nervous, highly strung , and volatile. 8. "' Highly Strung Hannah "'is a British radio situation comedy written by Robert Chantler. 9. He is an inveterate philanderer whose current paramour, Joanna Mace, is a highly strung schoolteacher who lives nearby. 10. It would have to look delicate and highly strung , like the sensibilities of residents of post-industrial San Francisco.