overexert
[oh-ver-ig-zurt]
Origin of overexert
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Related Words for overexert
tighten, injure, tear, twist, sprain, weaken, drain, sap, overwork, cripple, weary, disable, fatigue, impoverish, frazzle, distend, pull, task, tire, extendExamples from the Web for overexert
Historical Examples of overexert
You are not at all liable to, for you will not overexert yourself.
Frank Merriwell's CruiseBurt L. Standish
The sailors showed at once they did not intend to overexert themselves.
Young Glory and the Spanish CruiserWalter Fenton Mott
I do not want any of you to overexert at these limbering and stretching exercises.
The Art of Stage DancingNed Wayburn
He slowed up so that she should not be tempted to overexert herself.
Vistas of New YorkBrander Matthews
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 11Friedrich Spielhagen