Example Sentences

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He had been overworking at his office and in the study.

From In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India by Sheets, Emily Churchill Thompson

They learned that he had been overworking, had been warned by his physician that he must take a rest.

From Martie, the Unconquered by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

He had been overworking himself in the attempt to settle a dock strike, and had come to Duddon to rest.

From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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 Bacheller, Irving

Mother had been overworking, for we are poor and she had had us two children to bring up, as my father is dead.

From Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's by Hope, Laura Lee