That he is overworking himself I have known for a long time: and things that he has said lately have tended to alarm me.
A portion of the wife's letter to Mrs. Todhetley had run as follows: "Thank you very much for your kind inquiries after my husband, and for your hope that he is not overworking himself.
He seems very far from happy just now,' was my answer: 'he looks worn and thin, as though he wereoverworking himself.
He was overworking himself to the pitch of extreme distress and apparently he was doing this for ends that were essentially unselfish.
I belong to a big overworking modern place called London which stretches its tentacles all over the world.
The danger of overworking the brain I see to be extreme if one has one subject and that all paper work and private work.
The master with whom he studied saw that he was losing color, and looking very much worn; and determined to find out, if he could, whether he was not overworking himself.
She does more than ever: mamma is only afraid of her overworking herself, but she never allows that she is tired.
The reverse is muddiness, which is sure to come from too much fussing andoverworking of wet paint.
When you work too much with sables, the overworking brings a waxy and woodeny surface, which is against all the qualities of atmosphere and luminosity, and of freshness and freedom of touch.
He tells the story of a young man who had been overworking for examinations and who "after a three-hours' mathematical cram, fainted and when he rallied set up a very close mimicry of paraplegia which lasted many weeks.
Five minutes' reflection should tell any reasonable person that the man wasoverworking himself, and going at a pace no man could hold and live.
The result, then, of overworking one part of the body at the expense of the other, especially in heavier mechanical labors, and of too little vigorous action in the lighter, tends to make the average workman more prone to disease.
Overworking and other conditions tending to produce large eggs and females also throw white mutants and show other signs of weakness.
For instance, by overworking females at egg-production, the same birds which had been producing more males than females were made to reverse that relation.
She's been overworking in a stuffy office," Barry said.
The vast majority of cases of diabetes and Bright's disease are caused by overworking the digestive organs.
People who daily give off seven ounces of carbon are overworking their bodies.
The fact is that, as I told you just now, I have been overworking myself; and a specialist whom I have come down here to consult tells me that I must take a long holiday in the open air.
Jack, "only overworkingmyself a trifle, so I am told.
It isn't overworking that breaks men down; it's overplaying and overeating.
His mechanical, orderly mind arranged the work so that it was done smoothly, and on time, without overworking any one or leaving any one idle.
He greeted Buffer respectfully, and taxed Cheriton withoverworking himself.
Cheriton might have taken quite as good a place without overworking himself in this way.
Then, with a swiftly sympathetic glance for the pale face and the tired eyes: "You've been overworking again.
There seems to be a general break-down, as if he had been overworking or starving himself.
Nowadays every big school and every college provide a grass-cure for students who are out at elbows with their nerve sleeves, or who have not sufficient muscle to make them fit, or who are overworking or need toning up in any way.
If they had to pay more for it than for carpets and hangings, you may be very sure that a great many husbands and fathers would be overworking in order that their families might buy a whole display of sunshine instead of tapestries.
Then thee had been overworking so long that thee had to pay the penalty.
I'd been overworking or overworked, as so many in my calling are.
Remember, he is not overworking so much for himself as he is overworking for you and the children.
You can't feel as I do--that if my desertion led to her overworking herself, Aunt Phrasie and Lucius say that what really broke her down was the opinions I cannot help having.
No; but if you contributed your share to the housekeeping, you would make a difference, and surely you cannot leave your mother to break down her health by overworking herself in this manner.
Yes; she has gone on much too long overworking herself, and not letting your grandfather suspect anything amiss.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overworking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
