Overcharged
[əʊvə'tʃa:dʒd]
Examples
- Sloppy they left behind, relieving his overcharged breast with a paroxysm of mangling. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The wits would perform the office of introduction with overcharged pomp and politeness, but they could not easily overstep his sense of its gravity. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My overcharged heart found the same relief, and I cried too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I know not whether Madame had overcharged or under-charged the dose; its result was not that she intended. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If fervent prayers, gushing from hearts overcharged with gratitude, be heard in heaven--and if they be not, what prayers are! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Edited by Abraham