Sidenote: Sugar and Candy] A great cause of ill health is overuse of sugar in concentrated form, candy, etc.
Frequent causes are tobacco, and theoveruse of tea and coffee.
Chronic overuse of alcohol may cause chronic myocarditis and fatty degeneration of the heart, with later weakening of the heart muscle and dilatation.
The consequence of such action on the heart muscle, sooner or later, is a dilation of the left ventricle if the overuse of the tobacco is continued.
The treatment of an actual degeneration of the heart from overuse of alcohol is similar to the sane condition from other causes.
Intermittent claudication has been noted from the overuseof tobacco, as well as cramps in the muscles and of the legs.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overuse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: exaggerate; exhaust; overdo; overdrive; overemphasis; overstrain; overtax; overwork; strain; tax