overtax
Example Sentences
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Just scheduled rest for the 21-year-old shortstop, whom Martinez doesn’t want to overtax despite his age.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
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
You overtax your relationships, battle exhaustion and your sense of normality crumbles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2021
He seemed as surprised and delighted to see his wife appear at lunch, as fearful lest she overtax herself, as if she were her own very opposite.
From Elsie Marley, Honey by Gray, Joslyn
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
