How to Use exert in a Sentence

exert

verb
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  • He had to exert all of his strength to move the stone.
  • He exerts a lot of influence on the other members of the committee.
  • Once the seed has sprouted, some seedlings are able to exert enough force to push through the fine opening in the asphalt.
    — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The system may be the center of the universe, but the stars exert a gravity of their own.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That is about 10 times the pressure that is exerted at the bottom of the ocean’s deepest trenches.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But Valdez also knows how and when to pull back and exert pointed restraint.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • This means that light shining on an object can exert a force.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The winds will exert a chill, so dress for winter even as sunshine pushes highs above 50 for most.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In classical mechanics, the Sun exerts a force on the Earth equal in magnitude to the force that the Earth exerts back on the Sun.
    — Larry M. Silverberg, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The high gears, however, came up a bit short, as there was no way to pedal fast enough to exert force when the assist was maxed out.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The Celtics, 76ers, and Knicks were banking on the Bucks having to exert effort in that series before moving on to the second round.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • Well, hypertension constricts the blood vessels, and this causes the blood to exert more pressure on the artery walls.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Who is this person who exerts this kind of pressure intensely on the people around him?
    — CBS News, 30 July 2023
  • Mars often requires you to exert energy and control, so a boss or VIP may request this of you.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • And the two nations can exert pressure on Qatar to curb Hamas by severing the group’s financial support.
    — Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The system may be the center of the modern soccer universe, but stars like Kylian Mbappé exert a gravity of their own.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The air will exert a significant backwards-pushing force that changes with the velocity of the roach.
    — WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
  • This decreases the pressure exerted by the blood on the arterial walls.
    — Amber Sayer, Health, 25 Sep. 2023
  • That process could in theory move fast in the House, where leaders can exert more control over the floor and ram legislation through rapidly.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The reaction wheels compensate by spinning up and down to exert torque on the body of the robot, independently of its legs.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Playing with a singular purpose – each doing their part – enables the team to exert its best effort.
    — John Baldoni, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • However, such thrusters exert only tiny propulsive forces, and so can find use only in outer space, in the absence of air friction.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Among these factors, mortgage rates can exert the most substantial influence in the short term.
    — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • At the other extreme, barn finds—neglected and dusty—exert a special allure.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The entertainment giant asked the court to overturn state efforts to exert control over Walt Disney World.
    — Emma Sánchez, NBC News, 5 May 2023
  • When that happens, the wall will exert a force on the particle in a direction perpendicular to the surface.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The move was welcomed by some members of the Russian opposition, who have called on the West to use incentives as well as penalties to exert pressure on the Kremlin.
    — Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Naperville North senior Maggie Fitzgerald exerts a strong pull on those within her orbit.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Will the military exert an even heavier hand to silence the uproar and quash questions about its authority?
    — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But no one was sweating more profusely, breathing more deeply and exerting any harder than the 38-year-old Laker wearing No. 6.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023

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