overexert

verb

Definition of overexertnext
as in to exert

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Recent Examples of overexert Gagnon says that includes teenagers, who can overexert themselves, especially playing sports. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Don't overexert yourself doing outdoor chores or activities. — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026 Don’t overexert yourself trying to push or dig your vehicle out of the snow. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Nov. 2025 Take a note from the sturgeon and do not overexert yourself by trying to propel in a direction that isn't working. — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overexert
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexert
  1. exert
  2. exercise
  3. overwork
  4. try
  5. essay
  6. eke out
Verb
  • Heat cramps typically occur after exerting yourself in the heat and sweating a lot.
    — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Aug. 2026
  • According to the sheriff's office, Awais used his property-management companies and his relationships with association board members to exert control over the organizations' operations and finances.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of exert
Verb
  • Trustees who exercise real judgment, beneficiaries who understand the purpose of the capital, and advisors who keep revisiting the structure instead of admiring it from a distance.
    — Michael Gold CFP, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • At face value, young men exercising should not be reason to sound the alarms, and yet there is something treacherous about men in their formative years placing physical beauty as the ultimate expression of self-actualization.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of exercise
Verb
  • This won’t help your house cool faster and could overwork the air conditioner.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026
  • West Virginia did its best to overwork right-hander Dawson Montesa (CBB), who starred for the Mountaineers early after transferring from Division II Adelphi but faded as the season went on.
    — Keith Law, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of overwork
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  • Williams, of course, is trying to grab the next elevator to stardom.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Keep it simple instead of trying to change everything at once.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of try
Verb
  • Larger collaboration, now being essayed by film industries as established as France and the Nordic States, is the bigger major way Africa’s film industries can also go.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • After netting a Golden Globe nomination for her film debut in 1978's Corvette Summer, Annie Potts joined the cast of Ghostbusters, played the ultimate Cool Girl record store clerk in Pretty in Pink (1986), and essayed her most iconic role as barbed single-mother Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of essay
Verb
  • New Jersey was pushed by the struggling Dallas team, who nearly eked out a DreamBreaker win before NJ advanced.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 June 2026
  • Filimon stood at the front of the crowd and asked what would happen to those trying to eke out a living digging for gold by hand.
    — Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026
Definition of eke out

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“Overexert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexert. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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