was overtaxing
- past progressive of overtax.
Example Sentences
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Clearly the worthy woman was overtaxing her strength.
From The End of Her Honeymoon by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
When a little later she was walking in her sleep, and dreaming strange dreams, he did not see that he was overtaxing both her body and brain.
From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles
Her ambition seemed to be to pay for her own lessons, so if I gave her thirty pounds, she could go to a really good master without feeling that she was overtaxing you.
From More about Pixie by Groome, William H. C.
He had taxed everything else in life, and now he was overtaxing her loyalty.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh
By the time Tunnel B had made the required advance, it, together with Tunnels C and D, was overtaxing the capacities of the compressor plant.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159 by Brace, James H.
