overtax
verb (used with object)
to tax too heavily.
was overtaxing
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past progressiveof overtax.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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 Sarah Knowles Bolton
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 James H. Brace
Already in 1887 his friends noticed that Leighton showed at times that he was overtaxing his strength.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington
A look of understanding rippled like a beam of light over the faces of the women, and Caroline realized without being told that Mrs. Blackburn was overtaxing her strength in deference to her husband's wishes.
From The Builders by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
He was still so slight, even fragile, in appearance, she sometimes feared lest she was overtaxing his strength.
From A Soldier's Son by Maude M. Butler
