exertion

Example Sentences

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The challenge, he said, is the overall physical exertion — he expects the feat will test his endurance more than his climbing skills.

From Los Angeles Times

Staring up at a gray stone house with a wide black door in the middle of it, I was breathless—more from nerves and a tight corset than actual exertion.

From Literature

By changing the information traveling from the muscles to the brain, vibration appears to reshape how movement and exertion are perceived.

From Science Daily

I’ve come to love the rhythm of it: exertion followed by provision, movement followed by dinner.

From Salon

Given my age and lack of recent high-altitude exertion, I could easily need a helicopter to get out.

From Los Angeles Times