Or, do you conceal the book from your wife lest she should think that you are over-exerting yourself?
Whether it was from over-exerting myself, or from the heat of the sun, I could not tell.
I'm sure she's over-exerting herself, for she has sent home seven pats of butter of her own churning!
Yes, sir—so Lady Annaly told me—it was in over-exerting himself to extinguish a fire.
Why, mamma and he are forever fidgetting about me—so afraid of my over-walking myself or over-exerting myself in any way!
