Venable felt sad watching the contestants because they seem underpaid and overworked. He was depicted as being overworked and understaffed. Chaos continued; the police were overworked and tired. Women have joined the scores of overworked male employees and are too tired for dating. Haggard was overworked and felt that the war had destroyed his acting career. They also said that they were concerned about further risk to already overworked staff. Many doctors were overworked and pharmacies were running short on drugs. Shirl soon becomes disappointed with how little time the overworked Andy has for her. He overworked himself at times, steadily deteriorating his health. She once employed Jenny as an overworked intern. He was rough and bad-mannered, and believed himself to be overworked. In the beginning of the story, Kovrin is overworked and his nerves are off. He tells Colin he is overworked and anaemic. They were totally dependent on me, so that overworked me. Public relations releases offer valuable newsworthy information to increasingly overworked journalists on deadline.