exertions

plural of exertion

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of exertions The male shadowed her, shivering after her full-bodied exertions above sandy pits where ripples of water flowed through. Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025 But the exhibition also shows that, even if only briefly, the exertions of Black people themselves brought McCabe’s vision to fruition. Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024 Later Renaissance masters were savvier about how gravity works on the human body, but no one was better at painting the harsh, mindless pull of it, or hinting at the secret exertions in the act of standing. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exertions
Noun
  • Legislative efforts, often spearheaded by 'English-only’ advocates, routinely failed in Congress.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Topography will continue to drive spread and directional influence, while steep, inaccessible terrain hampers suppression efforts.
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Noun
  • Joining the collection soon will be new site-specific works created by the artist collective RojoNegro (composed of Noé Martínez and María Sosa), sculptor Max Hooper Schneider and poet, artist and chef Precious Okoyomon.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Through her Art Bridges Foundation, Walton has spent more than $500 million acquiring and loaning out works of American art to more than 230 museums across the country since the nonprofit’s founding in 2016.
    Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet, the new Terminal 1 has several stores that take great pains to include local flair.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The movie is, in part, about the labor pains of its creator, the screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Exertions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exertions. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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