overexerted

verb

past tense of overexert
as in overworked

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  1. exerted
  2. exercised
  3. tried
  4. essayed
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  • Morgan was at the center of a web of banks and industrial enterprises that exerted unprecedented control over the country’s commerce.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Central to this was the control exerted in central midfield, an area patrolled by Ben Whiteman and the ever-reliable Matty James.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of exerted
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  • His friend Louis Lee said Wong read books, studied, learned guitar and exercised in prison, exploring new hobbies and new things behind bars.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Fauci exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times, rather than answer questions about his role in the government’s pandemic response.
    — John C. Besley, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of exercised
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  • The judges said the defendants were not being tried over their political views.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Laurie tried to tiptoe around his emotions, unsure what might trigger an outburst.
    — Mirin Fader, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of tried
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  • 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 essayed
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