He became ill from overwork. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Farm] Reference
It’s also likely false, as overwork is a regular problem for TAs. From Wordnik.com. [Yet Another Strike at York University (and Osgoode Hall)? : Law is Cool] Reference
It is not work, but overwork, that is hurtful; and it is not hard work that is injurious so much as monotonous work, fagging work, hopeless work. From Wordnik.com. [Character] Reference
The miseries of "overwork," pure and simple, are few and comparatively insignificant. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
On 14 July, another 52-year-old employee killed himself in Marseille, leaving behind a note blaming "overwork" and "management by terror". From Wordnik.com. [Nick Mamatas' Journal] Reference
One 52-year-old employee who killed himself in July left a note that blamed "overwork" and "management by terror.". From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
"overwork," as they all expressed it, the depression of melancholy was added to the weight he so quietly bore. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Young men at the English universities rarely overwork. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
Dowd did not blame overwork, but her apologists did. 2. From Wordnik.com. [Plagiarism Excuses] Reference
Before leaving home he was nearly broken down through overwork. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
SAFFO: There is no such thing as home work, just home overwork. From Wordnik.com. ['We're Under Attack': Online Forum] Reference
"Well, I didn't claim it was from overwork, did I?" replied Tom. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
There was an expression of care, of overwork, and great privation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
To overdo at games and amusements is more harmful than to overwork. From Wordnik.com. [Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes] Reference
The Japanese have a word for it -- karoshi, or "death by overwork.". From Wordnik.com. [FOR A HAPPY HEART] Reference
Private schools in our large cities cannot be said to overwork their pupils. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
Debility from disease and overwork may cause the animal to interfere temporarily. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
"That's in spite of the way they overwork me at the office," he replied, grinning. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
Within a few months she was translating her emotional exhaustion into terms of overwork. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Doctor Morgan, at a time when a man shielded even the mare in his harness from overwork. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Deaths from overwork are so common in Chinese factories they have a word for it: guolaosi. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: And the Most Inspiring Good News Story of the Year Is...] Reference
All may not be as severe with them as he is, but all overwork them, more or less, 'replied. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
And he doesn't overwork his men because he knows that when he's tired, the others are, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Destroyers] Reference
Madame de Campvallon soon retired, having first supplicated him not to overwork himself again. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They overwork, refuse to share or ask for help, and eventually become exhausted and resentful. From Wordnik.com. [Five Lies That Are Holding You Back] Reference
"You tend to overwork as a remote worker because you don't want to appear to be slacking off.". From Wordnik.com. [The rise of home working] Reference
In girls it has been found to be an accompaniment of the overwork and worry of school and student life. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
To overeat is to overwork, and to overwork a machine or an animal is not only poor economy but bad judgment. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
For how can a wife be a companion to a husband when she is made irritable and nervous from overwork and worry. From Wordnik.com. [Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes] Reference
'It's the pressure of overwork, -- I've had one or two attacks like this, -- but it's nothing, only -- a local lesion.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Though she was as willing as I was to help him out, the overwork was too much for her nerves, and she has suffered from it. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
Not only did Balzac visit them when he wished to compose a serious work, but he often went there to recuperate from overwork. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
She is constantly subjecting her system to needless overwork; she is depressed, nervous, imaginative and she is not ambitious. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
He promised to send medicines for him, but in the rush of overwork forgot to do so, and on the 13th of July he was again summoned. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
It had been a pretty face, but now it was pinched by overwork and there was the mingling both of sadness and gladness in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
By reason of the terrible rush of overwork, he needed an assistant, and it seemed practicable to try to kill two birds with one stone. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
Gordon left Egypt in December 1879, "not a day too soon," the doctor said, for he was ill, not only from hard work, but from overwork. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of General Gordon] Reference
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