exert
verb (used with object)
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action.
exerted
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past participleof exert.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof exert.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
exertverb (used with object)to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action.
Example Sentences
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However, the team found that fibrin could quickly shrink under the forces exerted by contracting muscle cells, limiting the effectiveness of the resulting movement.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
“The changing composition of the labor force has exerted significant downward pressure on the unemployment rate,” the ECB said earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Morgan was at the center of a web of banks and industrial enterprises that exerted unprecedented control over the country’s commerce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
That stands in contrast to President Xi, who has exerted greater central control and pressed a state-driven economic policy focused on technological autonomy and strategic industries.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
All these effects that continental differences in area, population, ease of diffusion, and onset of food production exerted on the rise of technology became exaggerated, because technology catalyzes itself.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
