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
It must be borne in mind, however, that at this time it is very easy to overtax the renal organs and it is safer to err on the side of under rather than over feeding.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
