care
noun
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern.
overcare
-
a word derived from
care.
Example Sentences
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Finally, the entire family were centered about her illness, either in overcare or annoyance.
From Nerves and Common Sense by Annie Payson Call
The hypocrisies and subterfuges which you lash so scornfully—and rightly perhaps—were the fruit of my overcare for you.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
During Hobson's long journey to lay down an advance depot he lost a dog actually from overcare.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
From the first she was sensitive and high-strung, nervously damaged probably in her early years by her mother's restless, unwise overcare.
From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Robert S. Carroll
That seemed a condition of his mysterious overcare of Rodman.
From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Melville Davisson Post
