overwork
verb (used with object)
to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively).
have been overworking
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present perfect progressiveof overwork.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I know that you have been overworking yourself, and that makes you think that you are doing nothing in science.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
My aunt says that you have been overworking lately, she thinks.
From The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Sir Hugh Walpole
Godfrey, it is evident that you have been overworking and are growing foolish.
From Love Eternal by Henry Rider Haggard
I am glad you know my feeling of not being able to judge about one's own work; but I suspect that you have been overworking.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
All the time I have been overworking, first at explosives and now at this fuel business.
From Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
