But if I didn't--if the poor baby was overtired and overworked--is it your fault?
As a matter of fact, the undisciplined little creature wasovertired and unreasonable.
But you're overtired to-night, Joan, like the rest of us.
But it is evident that the sleep occurs even then not only in the particular overtiredbrain cells.
The news of the suicide came to him when he was overtired from work.
I have found if to occur particularly in elderly people when they were a little overtired on going to bed, or in anemic young people when they had had somewhat more exertion than usual during the day.
One night she was overtired and could not get to sleep, and became very much annoyed at various noises that were about the house.
And the overtired stomach and heart and lungs tire the brain, of course.
I think there are many among them who would rather listen to an old voice they are used to than to a new one of better quality, even if the "childish treble" should betray itself now and then in the tones of the overtired organ.
If we could only get at them, as we lie on our pillows and count the dead beats of thought after thought and image after image jarring through the overtired organ!
For although she was only a false dream of mine, a mere recollection of the exciting and eventful day, a stray figment of my overtired and excited brain--a more than agreeable figment (what else could she be!
Accustomed to a really hard life in London, Erica almost laughed at the idea of being overtired by such a short journey.
But you’re overtired to-night, Joan, like the rest of us.
There are five things to remember to help rest an overtired brain: 1.
When we are not necessarilyovertired but perhaps only a little tired from the day's work, it is not uncommon to be kept awake by a flapping curtain or a swinging door, by unusual noises in the streets, or by people talking.
Another thing to remember--and it is very important--is that an overtired brain needs more than the usual nourishment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overtired" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
