exerted

VERB

make use of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apply bring to bear exercise expend strive utilize wield

STRONG

dig employ endeavor labor plug ply push strain struggle throw toil use work

WEAK

apply oneself bring into play give all one's got give best shot make effort peg away pour it on put forth put out sweat it try hard

Antonyms

STRONG

conceal hide idle ignore laze relax rest

Example Sentences

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exerted

He then called Zia and exerted similar pressure.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Morgan was at the center of a web of banks and industrial enterprises that exerted unprecedented control over the country’s commerce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

The Quaker-inspired coalition also founded New York’s Strother School of Radical Attention, which offers courses and workshops on attention as a practice that, maintained and exerted, makes it easier to recognize and refuse such extraction.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

The top U.S. cities exerted their influence as centers of commerce, trade, finance and dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Lamoreaux had measured the force exerted by empty space.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife