How to Use exert in a Sentence

exert

verb

• He had to exert all of his strength to move the stone.
• He exerts a lot of influence on the other members of the committee.
• Once the seed has sprouted, some seedlings are able to exert enough force to push through the fine opening in the asphalt.
  — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• The system may be the center of the universe, but the stars exert a gravity of their own.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The thruster’s two hydraulic cylinders will exert force on the clamp, pushing the pipe and MTBM through the mountain.
  — Arkansas Online, 17 July 2022
• That is about 10 times the pressure that is exerted at the bottom of the ocean’s deepest trenches.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• But Valdez also knows how and when to pull back and exert pointed restraint.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• This means that light shining on an object can exert a force.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2023
• The winds will exert a chill, so dress for winter even as sunshine pushes highs above 50 for most.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• In classical mechanics, the Sun exerts a force on the Earth equal in magnitude to the force that the Earth exerts back on the Sun.
  — Larry M. Silverberg, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• The high gears, however, came up a bit short, as there was no way to pedal fast enough to exert force when the assist was maxed out.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Dec. 2023
• In the end, the debate highlights, once more, how much control Musk can exert over public goods, Lewandowsky says.
  — Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 8 Feb. 2023
• The Celtics, 76ers, and Knicks were banking on the Bucks having to exert effort in that series before moving on to the second round.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• In China, public homage to the dead often serves as a method of last resort to exert pressure on the living.
  — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
• The new study suggests the forces that Earth exerted on the moon would have led to widespread upheaval and intense heating.
  — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
• The problem was the Lakers getting down 10-0 in the first quarter and then having to exert a lot of energy and effort to get back in the game.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021
• The exam also found the injuries were not consistent with child-sized hands or the level of force a child could exert.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2024
• Well, hypertension constricts the blood vessels, and this causes the blood to exert more pressure on the artery walls.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2023
• Who is this person who exerts this kind of pressure intensely on the people around him?
  — CBS News, 30 July 2023
• Those victims had to exert pressure on the powerful to act, trust and confide in the legal process and share their stories.
  — Matthias Katsch, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022
• Through her tale, Carr depicts the ways in which women can care for and exert power over one another.
  — The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• Through her tale, Carr depicts the ways in which women can care for and exert power over one another.
  — The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
• The scarcity of homes for sale will continue to exert upward pressure on prices.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
• The bad news is that any factors that could exert serious downward pressure on prices are nowhere in sight.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2021
• When your neck is bent in a 45 degree angle looking down at your computer, your head can exert up to 50 pounds of force on your neck.
  — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
• An increase in abdominal fat of just a few pounds can exert a stress of many times that amount on the lower back muscles to keep the body upright.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2022
• These vortices can also exert extra forces on the raft, sufficient to break it apart.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2022
• Russia has used its gas exports to Europe as a lever to exert pressure on the European Union.
  — Somini Sengupta, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
• For example, while healthy black bears and grizzly bears have more long-distance endurance, polar bears can only exert themselves in short spurts to avoid overheating.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Feb. 2025
• Tehran uses allies in Iraq to exert its regional influence and also undermine Iraqi sovereignty through various proxy forces.
  — Chris Massaro, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 14 Mar 2025