overtax

Example Sentences

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Why overtax the stamina of theatergoers who are still getting back into the habit of leaving their homes for entertainment?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

What I took most from last season is not wanting to overtax our starters.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

However, experts believe it will overtax America's health care system because it will infect so many people, some of whom will inevitably become seriously ill.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021

Their innovative approach to pitching led them to overtax pitchers and deploy their best arms in unconventional ways that diminished their abilities rather than amplifying them.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021

I was never robust, and always foolishly prone to overtax my small store of strength.

From The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy by Cholmondeley, Mary