exert
verb (used with object)
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action.
are exerting
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present progressiveof exert.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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The unusual motions of galaxies and the stars within them suggest that large amounts of unseen matter are exerting gravitational pull.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2025
The judges loved the bubble rings conveying the energy the birds are exerting.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024
“They are exerting control over whatever they can ... and they are seeing that it isn’t working so well,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Calibrating their policy rate against the estimated neutral rate - which Fed officials as of June estimated at 2.5% - gives officials an idea of just how much pressure they are exerting on the economy.
From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2023
The peculiar feature about it all is that the agents used are so often entirely unconscious of the influence which they are exerting.
From The Ascent of the Soul by Amory H. Bradford
