How to Use exertion in a Sentence

exertion

noun

• He was panting from the exertion of climbing the stairs.
• In times of stress or exertion, the blood flow in one artery would cut off.
  — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
• Like a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, except the pot is a cold drink and the rainbow is physical exertion.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
• To be a top bodybuilder takes countless hours of exertion in the weight room and the consumption of absurd amounts of food.
  — Desmond Butler, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022
• Strapping a motor to a bike turns out to alter more than just speed and exertion.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2022
• My heart beat faster and my breathing got heavier—and not from exertion.
  — Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 13 July 2023
• Then there was noise—quick steps, a huffing and puffing, an exertion.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• The feature's chief purpose is to give you an exertion goal to hit and track your progress toward it in real time.
  — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2022
• In the wild, these birds start packing on weight in spring and fall in preparation for the extreme exertion of their journeys.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
• My mother, her wiry black hair pointing every which way, her face sweaty from the exertion, put on her new red oven mitts and opened the oven door.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• Before the test, warm up with a 10-minute walk or jog (or a dynamic warmup), keeping your pace and exertion easy.
  — Ali Nolan, SELF, 16 June 2022
• The physical exertion was only made worse by what had to be an emotional toll in the past 11 days.
  — Ryan Wood, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2021
• This form of the substance is used for energy exertion.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• But Hereford looked more rehearsed against the press in the third quarter, and Dundalk’s endurance waned under the tax of full-court exertion.
  — Colin Murphy, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2023
• But the physical exertion is too much for A-Train, whose heart gives out, leaving him lying alone on the asphalt.
  — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 24 June 2022
• But unlike most of them, Shyne begins class already in pain, and the exertion puts her to sleep 90 minutes after it’s over.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022
• The slight pain is a sign of demanding physical exertion, and the price of getting outdoors.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• Vitaly, struggling to manage two backpacks and a large cardboard box, climbed up from the riverbank to the road above, barely able to speak from the exertion.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
• But by 2007, the average weight of the fish is only five pounds, held proudly in the hands of the anglers with no exertion whatsoever.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 24 Mar. 2022
• Physical exertion — say, trekking 10 miles up steep terrain with a heavy backpack — can make a chilly day feel fiery.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• More sobering is the risk of damaging your home through your metaversal exertion.
  — Peter Flax, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
• There is only one step from here to what Simone Weil would call the exertion of force, a form of power whose sole function is to impose itself.
  — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• The Whoop app recommends a daily exertion level using a scale from one to 21.
  — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2022
• The veggies turn out clean and dry, with less physical exertion and no kitchen towel required.
  — Alexis Deboschnek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2024
• Sigounas said Van Hollen could not identify any kind of exertion before giving his speech that could have caused the venous tear.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
• The politics of who deserves your physical exertion — in black tie no less — is so fraught.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
• Some of these pre-trial exertions will eventually call for a ruling from the judge.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
• Heavy physical exertion should be avoided for at least 2 to 3 weeks.
  — Iman Balagam, ELLE, 18 Jan. 2023
• Drama could be had last week without a need for the kind of exertions Shakespeare and his troupe employed at London’s Globe theater more than 400 years ago.
  — CNN, 9 Apr. 2023
• The lower the pressure, the bigger the storm and more widespread its winds tend to reach, which means not only is there a wider coverage of strong winds but also a greater exertion of storm surge.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024