OVEREXERT Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

overexert

verb

Definition of overexert

as in to exert

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Recent Examples of overexert If you are trapped in the rubble after and earthquake, save your energy and don't overexert. — ABC 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

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By dominating the digital world, Silicon Valley has already exerted indirect control over the physical one.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
But sometimes just thinking about tackling those jobs can feel exhausting, creating a barrier to success even for people who are highly motivated to improve their homes and their lives by exerting control over their belongings.

— Jolie Kerr, Washington Post, 18 July 2026

Definition of exert

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Spending time outdoors and exercising could increase the risk of impacts, including difficulty breathing, throat irritation and itchy eyes.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Clinical judgment will continue to be exercised, just freed from the administrative burden that consumes most of the day.

— Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of exercise

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The move quickly set off a firestorm, with immigration rights advocates accusing DOJ of trying to malign a dead man.

— Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
The Nazis tried to take it from Rome during the Second World War, but failed after the head of the Italian Football Federation, Ottorino Barassi, hid it in a shoebox underneath his bed.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026

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There is a secondary love affair being essayed here beyond the one with Robert Smith, and Rodrigo did a fairly effective job in pre-release commentary of explaining how, thematically, this would be a two-part album.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 12 June 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

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