Example Sentences

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I have been overworking you, Kenneth, and I'm sorry.

From Occasion for Disaster by Garrett, Randall

It could wait, however; and in a little she said gently: “You are looking tired, John; you have been overworking yourself, I doubt.”

From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by Edwards, G. H. (George Henry)

My aunt says that you have been overworking lately, she thinks.

From The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

I am told that the coxswain and the other members of the boat race generally have to take a long rest when the race is over, which clearly shows that they have been overworking.

From America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat by Wu, Tingfang

All the time I have been overworking, first at explosives and now at this fuel business.

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)