How to Use exertion in a Sentence

exertion

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  • 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
  • Go ahead and take a rest from the mental exertion, thanks.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The heat made my heart beat faster even for a little exertion.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The need for the IVs stemmed from the need to recover from the exertion as well as the drug use, the indictment alleges.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
  • If women hold up half the sky, perhaps more of them should be paid for their exertions.
    — The Economist, 28 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Nadal won more rallies of five to eight shots and rallies of nine or more shots than Medvedev did, but those exertions took a toll.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2019
  • My heart beat faster and my breathing got heavier—and not from exertion.
    — Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 13 July 2023
  • The exertion of caring for Becky was starting to affect Philip’s health.
    — Ann Neumann, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • 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
  • Turns out that was about the extent of his physical exertion this week.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • If all this exertion is calling you to get a massage, that can be arranged, too.
    — Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2021
  • 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
  • The Church itself, thanks in large part to the exertions of men like Anselm, was able to lay claim to the ancient primacy of Rome—and uphold it, what was more.
    — Tom Holland, Time, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The patient suffered shortness of breath on exertion and chest pain.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There’s a lot of prep work that goes into that, there’s a lot of physical exertion that goes into that.
    — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 9 June 2018
  • 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
  • With sweat pouring down and her face flush from the physical exertion, O’Halloran crossed the finish line to a loud ovation.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Dec. 2020
  • From across the galaxy, Leia reaches out to Kylo, dying from the exertion.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The watch will show your cardio load to give you a sense of your exertion during your workouts and how hard your heart is working each week.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
  • If that sounds like too much exertion, simply claim your spot on a picturesque swath of sand before dinner in the 1778 Great House.
    — Louise Hart, Town & Country, 7 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Can a teenage mother stranded in a refugee camp resolve her crisis by a mere exertion of will?
    — Moisés Naím, Washington Post, 7 June 2019
  • The filming and the editing of the scene, for all its relative simplicity, conveys, above all, cinematographic effort—not physical exertion but aesthetic resolve.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024

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