Example Sentences

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Even when she overworks some crass jokes, Plaza amuses.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2023

This creates an imbalance and overworks the holding midfielder Luiz Gustavo, thus impacting on the center halves, who are exposed by their own lack of speed and mobility.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2017

The show, by John Markus and Mark St. Germain, with incidental original music and lyrics by Randy Courts and St. Germain, respectively, seems a cynically conceived crowd-pleaser that overworks its somewhat tired central premise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2015

Ms. Puenzo overworks some of her more blatant visual motifs, most notably the creepy dolls that Enzo designs and repairs.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2014

Overeating, by introducing an unnecessary amount of food into the body, overworks the organs of digestion and also the organs of excretion.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.