Use of the word overtask in a sentence example

overtask

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"I've just remembered that I'm an invalid and that if I overtask myself it will be a bad thing for McClellan to-morrow."' [Please select]

But all this could not last,--and at length poor Dennis, my double, overtasked in turn, undid me. [Please select]

Robert was not really weary, at least the spirit uplifted him, though he knew that he must not overtask the body. [Please select]

The ox should be as little abused by threats and whipping, as by stinted feed and overtasked labor. [Please select]

And, good Malluch--if I do not overtask you--" Malluch protested heartily his willingness to be of service." [Please select]

Even if she took the car, she would be obliged to carry it a portion of the way, and she felt that it would overtask her strength. [Please select]

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