exertion
noun
vigorous action or effort.
self-exertion
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a word derived from
exertion.
Example Sentences
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In this way she went through that day with somewhat less of suffering than before, and without that necessity for self-exertion which had been worse to her than any suffering.
From Returning Home by Trollope, Anthony
In holiness there is combined the Divine self-existence as a perfection of life, and the Divine self-exertion in the realizing a Godlike perfection of life in the world.
From Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Murray, Andrew
Love is the groundform of the Divine will, but as such it receives its Divine filling and character from the Divine Holiness, as the Divine self-existence and self-exertion.
From Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Murray, Andrew
The time in my whole life when I felt I had gained the greatest victory by self-exertion was when, after weeks of labor, I was able to recite the Pater Noster in Latin.
From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter
His father through self-exertion had attained to the ministry, but had died early, and his widow being by birth a peasant, the children were brought up as farmers.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: Scandinavian by Kielland, Alexander Lange
