Example Sentences

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All this feverish speculation has exacted a toll on the families.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

But commemorations were muted, coming amid a grinding counteroffensive that has exacted heavy casualties while resulting in mainly incremental territorial gains thus far.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

As the National Resources Defense Council has pointed out in numerous studies, "Using fossil fuels for energy has exacted an enormous toll on humanity and the environment—from air and water pollution to global warming."

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2023

War has exacted a heavy price for some survivors.

From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2023

It is not even the Jesus whose fair moral beauty has exacted our hearty admiration.

From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood