overtire
Example Sentences
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"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.
You mustn’t get up too early in the morning and overtire yourself.
From About Peggy Saville by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
Now, it is insisted that tuberculous patients must not overtire themselves by taking exercise, though they must be in the open air a large part of the time.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Of the work that is given to the brain itself to overtire it we must speak later.
From Nerves and Common Sense by Call, Annie Payson
A little quiet shooting this autumn and a little hunting, just enough to keep you fit and not to overtire you; you mustn’t overtax your strength.”
From When William Came by Saki
