overtire
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of overtire
Example Sentences
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Of the work that is given to the brain itself to overtire it we must speak later.
From Nerves and Common Sense by Call, Annie Payson
And there’s certainly no need for you to overtire yourself, mother.”
From The Jervaise Comedy by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
She was watching him with tender anxiety, fearing lest he should overtire himself; but he reassured her with a light laugh.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile
Now, it is insisted that tuberculous patients must not overtire themselves by taking exercise, though they must be in the open air a large part of the time.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
The kind of occupation makes no essential difference, so long as it does not overtire either the body or the mind.
From The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy by Slemons, J. Morris (Josiah Morris)
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