Word: overstrung
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Seldom is big-league baseball muddled by such amateurish errors. Both teams were overstrung, playing crazily in their eagerness to win. Before the game was over Mule Haas of the Athletics had tripped himself getting started to field a hit in centre field and Pitcher Grove had fallen on his face trying to pick up an easy bunt. Though zeal was the cause of the errors, the game resembled a sandlot final rather than a world championship; only the presence of the President of the U. S. through the whole nine innings and the crowded stands built on the roofs...
...last week offered corrections to the popular notion about laughter, its causes and significance. "The really happy man," he said, "never laughs-or seldom-though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension-and the happy are not overstrung...
| 1 |