overtire

Example Sentences

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It should not be violent or so great as to fatigue and overtire.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

She says I overtire myself, and that when old people have     done their work they should take a nap.

From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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

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)

Agathemer had insisted that I postpone seeing them, because an interview with any of them was likely to overtire me.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas