overexert
[ oh-ver-ig-zurt ]
verb (used with object)
to exert excessively.
Origin of overexert
1Other words from overexert
- o·ver·ex·ert·ed·ly, adverb
- o·ver·ex·er·tion, noun
Words Nearby overexert
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How to use overexert in a sentence
Just make sure not overexert yourself during those infrequent exercise excursions, DiPietro says.
Hauke took hold with all his strength and managed to do the job even though he had to overexert himself.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 | Friedrich SpielhagenHow nice to see you up again; but you must be careful, very, very careful, not to overexert yourself.
Elsie's Womanhood | Martha FinleyHe slowed up so that she should not be tempted to overexert herself.
Vistas of New York | Brander MatthewsHe did not look like a man who would overexert himself for anything, and yet the air might have been cultivated and not natural.
Lancaster's Choice | Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
You are not at all liable to, for you will not overexert yourself.
Frank Merriwell's Cruise | Burt L. Standish
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