exert
verb (used with object)
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action.
will exert
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future tenseof exert.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Each will exert an influence on our weather this week, which means spells of potentially hot sunshine interspersed with occasional bursts of rain.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Tighter credit conditions will exert meaningful pressure on economic activity, but the effect will not be catastrophic unless the situation escalates into "full-blown crisis of confidence," Barclays analysts wrote in a note last week.
From Reuters ● Mar. 27, 2023
“At some point, the magnetic field becomes so large that it will exert a torque on the internal region of the star, and it will spin down,” he says.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 24, 2023
But some wonder whether Charles will exert the emotional grip the queen had on the Scottish people.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022
The poor man, no less than the rich, feels the pinchings of hunger, and will exert himself to remedy the evil.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by John S. (John Seely) Hart
