exertion

How To Use exertion In A Sentence

• There is an experiment, which seems to evince this venous absorption, which consists in the external application of a stimulus to the lips, as of vinegar, by which they become instantly pale; that is, the bibulous mouths of the veins by this stimulus are excited to absorb the blood faster, than it can be supplied by the usual arterial exertion. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
• This concept of embodiment doesn't apply just to times of exertion, of course.
• It is the keenest spur to exertion, and surest of all guards against improbity. Times, Sunday Times
• The result of the combined exertions of Messrs. Savage and Wilson was not only the obtaining of a very full account of the habits of this new creature, but a still more important service to science, the enabling the excellent American anatomist already mentioned, Professor Wyman, to describe, from ample materials, the distinctive osteological characters of the new form. Essays
• Mr. Dominico respectfully informs the ladies and gentlemen of Washington, Georgetown, and their vicinages, that every exertion shall be used to render his performance entertaining.
• Sounds prestigious, even if it's a friendly between teams who are not best known for over-exertion when there's no competitive oomph.
• Once the symptoms begin to abate and you can move around comfortably, mild physical exertion may help sweat out the evil humors.
• I watched over my hasty temper, subdued my burning impatience of character, schooled my self-engrossing thoughts, educating myself to the best perfection I might attain, that the fruit of my exertions might be his happiness. The Last Man
• The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct. 
• Side-by-side (it takes barely half an hour to get from one to the other) are the sybaritic pleasures of the beach and the heady exertions of the sort of outdoor life enjoyed by the Von Trapp family.