Example Sentences

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It seemed to her that if nothing had actually happened his overcarefulness was the one way likely to bring it to pass.

From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

This overcarefulness on the part of my good parents was to be the cause of the disaster that was soon entirely to change the trend of my life.

From Bill the Minder by Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath)

But every uncut weed distressed them; so also did every ungathered ear of grain, and all that was lost by birds and gophers; and this overcarefulness bred endless work and worry.

From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by Muir, John