overtire
Example Sentences
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And there’s certainly no need for you to overtire yourself, mother.”
From The Jervaise Comedy by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
Agathemer had insisted that I postpone seeing them, because an interview with any of them was likely to overtire me.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
"Do not overtire yourself, my dear!" she said, with effusion; and Oliver, looking down, knew very well what his mother's rare effusion meant, if Diana did not.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
She was watching him with tender anxiety, fearing lest he should overtire himself; but he reassured her with a light laugh.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile
"Yes, Thomas, if it will not overtire her."
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]
