overtax

Example Sentences

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What I took most from last season is not wanting to overtax our starters.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

However, experts believe it will overtax America's health care system because it will infect so many people, some of whom will inevitably become seriously ill.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021

Their innovative approach to pitching led them to overtax pitchers and deploy their best arms in unconventional ways that diminished their abilities rather than amplifying them.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021

You overtax your relationships, battle exhaustion and your sense of normality crumbles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2021

This result is partly due to a native energy which frequently impels him to overtax his physical strength, and partly, doubtless, to the sufferings and privations above referred to.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles