OVEREXERTED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

overexerted

verb

past tense of overexert

as in overworked

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Still, Judge already exerted control by avoiding a rehab assignment; a club, according to the collective bargaining agreement, can not impose one on a player without his consent.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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

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In the lead-up to The Odyssey’s release, certain corners of the internet bellyached endlessly about the creative license Christopher Nolan exercised, much of it under the guise of historical accuracy.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
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

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Flynn tried to imagine housewives across the land struggling to create this monstrous concoction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The Spaniard tried to prepare his players for a crunch game at Anfield by playing You’ll Never Walk Alone, the emotive track that greets the Liverpool players onto the pitch before games, to help ready them for the atmosphere.

— Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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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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