overtaxes
- present tense form of overtax (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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She never looks less than perfectly photoshopped, but the production ultimately overtaxes her strengths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
Venable distills his situation into a scene, which he then overtaxes into a full-scale play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Putting pencil to paper forces people to give spatial information—something that most liars have not prepared for as part of planning their lies and that, therefore, overtaxes their mental resources.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2011
Yet treating its effects is important because emphysema neglected overtaxes the heart in a manner that may cause death.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boy has often heavy goods to carry long distances, and overtaxes his strength.
From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur
