overtire
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Olga wanted to ride, but Nick declared that this would overtire her, adding with a grin that he would occupy the back seat in the dog-cart if Noel had no objection.
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
She should never be allowed to overtire herself, mentally or physically.
From The Bars of Iron by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
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
I am so glad I sent the children to help you; do not overtire yourself.'
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
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)
He noted that children who are overtired can show symptoms that resemble ADHD, including difficulty paying attention in class or declining grades.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
I flicked through the document, which includes suggestions that participants were "underfed and overtired".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
“That’s what I couldn’t wrap my head around. What happened? Was I overtired? And just, where did the wires not connect?”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
Some of the people manning the system — no doubt overtired and pressing ahead—made the data-entry mistakes handling blocks of data that went through the system the following day.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2020
Which was as emotional an outburst as I have ever heard from him, but I think he is overtired too.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
"You have been overtiring yourself," he said, looking down at her curiously.
From The Devil's Paw by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
She had calculated the possibility of his backing out under the plea of his health, so she determined not to give him a chance to have the slightest excuse by overtiring him.
From Halcyone by Glyn, Elinor
"Lady Carfax has been overtiring herself," she heard him say.
From The Knave of Diamonds by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
