overtire
Example Sentences
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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)
Patients must not be allowed to overtire themselves.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
The journey did not overtire me, and change of air had its usual reviving effect.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
She should never be allowed to overtire herself, mentally or physically.
From The Bars of Iron by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
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
