exertion
Example Sentences
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Chronic fatigue syndrome leaves many people completely drained of energy and struggling to think clearly, and their symptoms often worsen after mental or physical exertion -- a reaction known as post-exertional malaise.
From Science Daily
His reservations have been borne out by the council’s unrelenting anti-Israel exertions.
But Celtic faded badly in the second period after their midweek European exertions as Hearts filled the home crowd with belief that the Old Firm stranglehold can be broken.
From Barron's
The economy has shifted away from jobs requiring direct physical labor toward more sedentary jobs owing to computerization and mechanization, making age-based disability standards that assume jobs require physical exertion outdated and ripe for reform.
From Los Angeles Times
It has meant more drills, more running, more exertion.
From Los Angeles Times
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