The constant overstrain and stress was getting to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Emperor and the Monster]

I don't want to overstrain our remaining warp drive unit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Abode of Life] Reference

I have feared that they were the result of mental overstrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beetle] Reference

Some overstrain it, others take needless trouble about the repairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Education of American Girls] Reference

'I'll go to-day; -- at once; but I know it's only mental overstrain.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beetle] Reference

"And you're quite happy that this thing won't overstrain your resources?".    From Wordnik.com.  [ROUND THE BEND]

The heart is especially subject to the dangers of overstrain in growing boys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference

Then suddenly, without warning, probably from overstrain, his memory gave way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28] Reference

Digestive failures in strictly temperate persons often arise from an overstrain of the mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Papers on Health] Reference

The noise had ceased and he decided that the overstrain of the day had worked an hallucination.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919] Reference

Two of the most eminent ministers of our times recently died owing to overstrain and over-exertion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters] Reference

At the time I thought he meant to overstrain us, to justify his taking away our government of the town.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference

Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Animal Farm]

Perhaps some easy science or art is the best exercise of all, when the brain is suffering from overstrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Papers on Health] Reference

The pace is fast, and many there are that die or break from overstrain when at the height of their usefulness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Problems of Conduct] Reference

And oh mans, i was squinting like mad after the paper. i seriously overstrain my eyes a lot during each paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [yanxious Diary Entry] Reference

Secondly, not to overstrain ourselves and our economics so that we give victory to Communism through the back door.    From Wordnik.com.  [The British Commonwealth Today] Reference

In this new play, however, what is perceptible is not callow subjectivity but an overstrain of intellectual capacity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arthur Miller and the Fallacy of Profundity] Reference

With them, we say, the children are always good, and they are good because the element of nervous overstrain has not arisen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

In taking up a new exercise requiring considerable exertion, precautions should be observed to prevent an overstrain of the heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference

Turkey was dying of overstrain, of the attempt, with diminished resources, to hold, on traditional terms, the whole Empire bequeathed to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference

Why do these otherwise highly intelligent birds so overstrain branches with groups of nests that “regrettable incidents” cannot be averted?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tropic Days] Reference

The very overstrain of the scene on Carmel brought reaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII] Reference

Literally, drive slowly, and you will not overstrain the harness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference

'Oh! do not overstrain your head,' said Phoebe, thinking of Bertha.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster] Reference

He seemed to bear the mark of overstrain on the part of his parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Song of the Lark] Reference

And suddenly she burst into tears of disappointment, shame, and overstrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference

Overwork, overstrain, worry, all produce exhaustion of physical and nervous power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say] Reference

There is nothing we moderns are more apt to brag of than the nervous overstrain of our life.    From Wordnik.com.  [America To-day, Observations and Reflections] Reference

Reaction from fear brings a fatigue more profound than that which follows physical overstrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Flaming Jewel] Reference

I was called in, to find Miss Mildare breaking down from suspense, and the overstrain of inaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dop Doctor] Reference

Nations as well as men, if they aim high, must sometimes overstrain themselves, and weariness must ensue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lectures and Essays] Reference

In youth we may overstrain and disturb our health, but we soon rally; these are storms that quickly clear up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature] Reference

Doubtless the long overstrain was telling upon him mentally, though physically the man seemed of wrought steel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dop Doctor] Reference

The effect could be to overstrain the balance sheets of the banks as well as increase problems for governments selling bonds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference