as in efforts
the active use of energy in producing a result
the number of blueberries that we were finding was hardly worth the exertion
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Recent Examples of exertions
Later Renaissance masters were savvier about how gravity works on the human body, but no one was better at painting the harsh, mindless pull of it, or hinting at the secret exertions in the act of standing.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Phillips has his cast strain for effect, but neither the script nor the filming rises to their exertions.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Phillips has his cast strain for effect, but neither the script nor the filming rises to their exertions.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Exertions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exertions. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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