exert
verb (used with object)
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action.
am exerting
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present progressiveof exert (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“It mostly functions to distract my brain from the fact that I am exerting myself and sweating profusely and would much rather not be doing those things,” she wrote in this week’s Amplifier newsletter.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
I am exerting every power I possess to preserve our stabilization program.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cibras,—I am exerting my utmost influence for you with my father.
From Prince Zaleski by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
She has much need of a benefit, and I am exerting myself to arrange one for her, on about the 9th of June, if possible, at the St. James's Theatre.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Georgina Hogarth
Mamma is looking anxiously at me, as if she feared I am exerting myself too much.
From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar
