Overstrain

"Overstrain" in a Sentence (2 examples)

The very phrase of "generous forbearance" shocked her as overstrained; but she did marvel that Lord Avonleigh felt neither pained nor embarrassed in a situation where such sensations seemed inevitable.

Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her.

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