overtire
Example Sentences
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I am so glad I sent the children to help you; do not overtire yourself.'
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
There she left her, with strict injunctions to Chloe not to let her “new mistress” overtire herself.
From Dorothy on a House Boat by Raymond, Evelyn
You mustn’t get up too early in the morning and overtire yourself.
From About Peggy Saville by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
"Yes, Thomas, if it will not overtire her."
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]
The kind of occupation makes no essential difference, so long as it does not overtire either the body or the mind.
From The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy by Slemons, J. Morris (Josiah Morris)