Example Sentences

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Soaring demand for cooling — fans, air conditioners, fridges and freezers — is overtaxing electrical grids long beset by war damage, mismanagement or corruption.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

The excess water is overtaxing Detroit’s underground storm water pumping system and the city’s water treatment operations.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2019

But the strain of the undertaking is overtaxing West Pakistan's resources and nerves.

From Time Magazine Archive

I fear, indeed, that Agnes is overtaxing her strength, for I have never seen her look so pale.

From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

Surely this scene is overtaxing for your delicacy.

From The Fortieth Door by Bradley, Mary Hastings