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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • If outside, try to stay out of the sun and limit physical exertion.
    — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2021
  • But for some of us, after a year-plus of staying at home, travel (and the exertion that entails) quickly took its toll.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2021
  • This form of the substance is used for energy exertion.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Lynchings had long been an exertion of power by whites.
    — Ainissa G. Ramirez, Scientific American, 8 July 2020
  • 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
  • Adding extra exertion affords you much greater bang—in terms of views earned and calories burned—for every buck spent in trail time.
    — Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The effort to exonerate herself in her own mind leads her to rituals of exertion and self-punishment.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024

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