overwork
verb (used with object)
to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively).
is overworking
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present progressiveof overwork (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“We’re not like that, and I love that for us. We’re like, ‘This job is overworking me, I’m getting sick because my body is shutting down, and I’m over it.’”
From New York Times ● May 13, 2022
Indeed, her greatest problem is overworking, said Mr. Leach, who worries about injuries.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2016
Your heart is overworking, von Arnheim," he said "Sometimes I fear that it is too soft for a Prussian.
From The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Do you think he is overworking, Grace, or that Mattie really looks after him well?
From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
I suppose I am immune, a bad subject: but I feel as sure as I've felt about anything in the realm of light letters that a charming writer is overworking an unprofitable vein.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917 by Various
