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
Nonetheless, teddies have been exerting an ever-tightening grip on the human heart since they we first hugged them a century ago.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2012
Thus gently did he chide one of his partners, who should have been exerting himself to forward their joint interests in America while he himself was doing what he could in Europe.
From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II by Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese) Morse
