Example Sentences

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See how this wise man touches the matter of gout: "For years a man has feasted; has omitted his usual exercises; has grown slow and sluggish; has been overstudious or overanxious, etc."

From Doctor and Patient by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

Girls who were overstudious, and not physically strong, could not at any rate play on the team, and therefore they seldom attended such meetings.

From Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]