overtax
verb (used with object)
to tax too heavily.
are overtaxing
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present progressiveof overtax.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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On both occasions, the science demonstrates that humans are overtaxing our oceans' ability to offset climate change.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
In Detroit, they are overtaxing their supply of hyperbole to celebrate Verlander, who seems to be even more pumped up with a championship within smelling distance, Jon Paul Morosi writes on Foxsports.com.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2012
Conscious of a very rapid pulse, she remembered for a moment, unwillingly, certain warnings that her doctor had given her before she left town—"You are overtaxing yourself, Lady Coryston—and you badly want a rest."
From The Coryston Family A Novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Look here," he said, "you are overtaxing yourself.
From The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston
Don’t you suppose I can see how you are overtaxing your strength?
From The Best Policy by Elliott Flower
