overtire

Example Sentences

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Olaf, I know that you must not overtire yourself as yet, but your lady has told me that she desires to see the sunset from Odin's Mount.

From The Wanderer's Necklace by Haggard, Henry Rider

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

Don't overtire yourselves, but have a nice day.

From The Carroll Girls by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

She was not so strong as her sister, and a two-mile walk to school was apt to overtire her.

From The Twenty-Fourth of June by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

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