How to Use exert in a Sentence

exert

verb

• 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.
• Trump has sought to exert more control over the Fed.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
• Trump has sought to exert more control over the Fed.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
• This means that light shining on an object can exert a force.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2023
• Low blood pressure is when the force exerted by blood on artery walls is low.
  — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2025
• The latter, to be clear, can still exert some control.
  — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
• How did these three queens exert soft power through fashion?
  — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
• This means the thruster forces do not have a zero torque arm and do indeed exert torques.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 7 Dec. 2020
• Just how much the horses exert themselves is up to the trainer and the day.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
• And yet the drugs still manage to exert their influence in there.
  — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
• The idea is that a wider muscle has more muscle fibers that can contract and exert a force.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 7 Apr. 2021
• But Jansen didn’t need to exert much effort for his 13th save.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
• Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body.
  — Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
• Hormone shifts, of course, can exert some influence on mood.
  — Andréa Becker, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
• There can be a real temptation to want to write your own story and exert too much.
  — Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 2 June 2026
• Pressure must be exerted on Russia for the sake of a just peace.
  — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Pressure must be exerted on Russia for the sake of a just peace.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
• Men may need to exert double the amount of effort as women to fend off heart disease.
  — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• Pull up on the handle, which will exert pressure onto the arm and allow the cork to pop out.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• But Valdez also knows how and when to pull back and exert pointed restraint.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• Florida is starting to exert its will inside and on the glass.
  — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
• But teams that combine speed with smarts tend to exert enough pressure to break an opponent.
  — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
• Trump is the first president to exert control over the city’s police force since it was passed.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
• Trump is the first president to exert control over the city’s police force since it was passed.
  — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
• 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
• Their shapes often distort as one galaxy exerts tidal forces on the other.
  — Big Think, 30 Mar. 2026
• Pressure must be exerted on Russia to end the war.
  — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
• The strength of the mind’s eye may exert a subtle influence over the course of people’s lives.
  — New York Times, 8 June 2021
• Unlike in the prime of his career, James no longer has the leverage to exert his will.
  — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026