exert
verb (used with object)
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action.
have been exerting
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present perfect progressiveof exert.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“We have been exerting every possible effort to rebuild damaged infrastructure and restore electricity, telecoms, Internet and banking services.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021
“We have been exerting every possible effort to rebuild damaged infrastructure and restore electricity, telecoms, internet and banking services.”
From Reuters ● Jul. 2, 2021
But the steady pressure these women have been exerting seems to be starting to shift the conversation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2021
Yet there was no getting away from the fact England should have been exerting their authority much more confidently.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2017
She must have been exerting herself far beyond her strength or living long without nourishing food, to have become reduced to a state so frightfully low as that in which I find her.”
From The Orphans of Glen Elder by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
