overtask
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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He would have returned to work, but he knew that he would overtask his worn frame, and he wanted to be in condition for the battle that he believed was coming with the morrow.
From The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
In the latter years of his life he was known to overtask himself; and at length the body gave way, though the mind remained firm to the last.
From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony
It would overtask my poor faculty of description, to give my reader even a faint picture of this rugged battle-field.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
I am here to take care of you, and to see that you do not overtask your strength.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
He was quite peremptory in ordering me not to overtask my eyes—forbidding reading and writing, as I have already mentioned.
From Poor Miss Finch by Collins, Wilkie
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