What is "overwork"

Usage examples of "overwork".

Unwilling to entertain this tragic thought, the overwrought Blotto made a final effort.

Even in the litigiously overwrought world of publishing, the case caused ripples.

This necessitated a frugal and industrious life which in many ways was doubtless favorable to longevity but which may often have led to overexposure, overwork, lack of proper medical treatment, or other causes of a non-selective death.

His work had something of the Mannerist style about it and was overwrought and exaggerated.

But the genetic memories that were not simply misconstructions were the pain, the terror, the physical abuse and overwork to the point of death, and most especially the invasion of the most private corners of a Vulcan mind, for there dwelt the Terror and the Fury--and there the Furies touched most deeply.

Whereas, as a CUPV, I might be overworked and precessed and so on, but I do get to work.

Her mind, overwrought by resolute contemplation of ideas beyond its scope, her gentle nature bent beneath a burden of duty to which it was unequal, and taught to consider with painful solemnity those impulses of kindness which would otherwise have been merely the simple joys of life, she had come to distrust every instinct which did not subserve the supreme purpose.

They generally use overworking, overeating, or other addictions as a way to numb their unresolved painful feelings.

His labors were of the greatest value to the overworked head of the Aldine es-tablishment, and Aldus always recognized his debt of gratitude.

Julian and the rest at the table was merely a heated discussion abruptly cut off by an overwrought Christian zealot who, like all his coreligionists, took himself far too seriously for polite company.

A lifetime of compulsive overwork, too little distraction and relaxation, an -attempt at marriage that had never had a hope, and unceasing battles with meddling intellectual dwarfs whose only purpose in life seemed to be to frustrate his goals had left him with a Damoclean blood pressure that threatened to smite him at any time, and an accompanying heart condition that made any excitement an invitation to a terminal attack.

Between the strain of this overwork and the heartworms, an increasingly large percentage of the dogs were incapacitated at any given time.

I was endeavouring to gather the loose ends of many thoughts and memories which flitted elusively through my tired and overwrought brain.

Yet for many years now we have had in this country a large and increasing number who were going through the daily pain of grappling with every phase of the distressing problems which come from the poverty, friendlessness, and overwork of the young.

The split in his forehead had been cleaned and patched by an overworked resident in the Hennepin County Medical Center ER, where gangbangers were regularly patched up or zipped into body bags.