exertive

Example Sentences

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As first lady from 1993 to 2001, she was unusually exertive, diving into policy matters unlike many of her predecessors.

From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2016

“I come from a background that physical fitness needs to be exertive, you need to sweat, you need to be sore.”

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2014

So that the male acts as the passive, or recipient pole of attraction, the female as the active, positive, exertive pole, in human relations.

From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Action and reaction between extremes Educational practice shows a continual tendency to oscillate between two extremes with respect to overt and exertive activities.

From How We Think by Dewey, John