overwork
verb (used with object)
to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively).
was overworking
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past progressiveof overwork.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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"I did half expect it. I was overworking it but I got to the point where I thought we were actually going to make it."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2021
I also found out that they had taken numerous complaints to our director about how I was overworking them while I was away.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2018
“I had a good five days to rest, so as much as people say it was overworking, it was just me being off today and a good U.C.L.A. team took advantage.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2012
Professor Loeb found that the cause of this bulging was not in the individual's thyroid itself, although the thyroid was overworking as hard as any goitrous thyroid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Willemsens was beyond measure glad that he should ask; the boy's astonished masters had told her that he was overworking himself.
From La Grenadiere by Ellen Marriage
