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

Then came a warning light indicating that one of Columbia's fuel cells was overworking, producing too much water.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was always so happy it was hard to believe that he was overworking; yet I feared his labour of love would end in exhaustion and possible illness.

From T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)