unexerted
- a word derived from exert.
Example Sentences
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It is in the mother; for it is she, not he, who has the knowledge of the yet unexerted power which is flowing into the child from the Creator.
From Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School by Peabody, Elizabeth P. (Palmer)
Even had they constituted, which they did not, a code of laws, a code is an unexerted power without those who administer it.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
If they are still deaf to my admonition and entreaties, rest assured that I will leave no power or influence within my control unexerted to thwart their purposes.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
Her influence unexerted, the Genoese mariner had never worn the laurel that now graces his brow.
From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)
It was the stillness rather of untroubled health, of strength omnipotent but unexerted.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes
