overwork
verb (used with object)
to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively).
had been overworking
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past perfect progressiveof overwork.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Trove had been overworking; and about the middle of June they went for a week in the woods together.
From Darrel of the Blessed Isles by Irving Bacheller
He had been overworking for years, and the long strain on his nerves had affected him in a most peculiar way.
From Sube Cane by Edward Bellamy Partridge
One of the new men, who'd been hired for the rush, had been overworking his team.
From The Prairie Wife by Harvey Dunn
There seems to be a general break-down, as if he had been overworking or starving himself.
From The Price by Francis Lynde
I had been overworking, and was in a badly run down condition.
From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair
