Read full poem →As when through clouds th' emerging sun appears,
And thence exerting his refulgent ray,
Dispels the darkness, and reveals the day.
Dictionary Entry
To put in vigorous action.
In a Sentence
“I exerted myself in today's training.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
pressure exertinghimself exertingthemselves exerting
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Poetry examples for “exerting”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →unaffected warmth and elevation the madness prepense of pseudopoesy, or
the startling hysteric of weakness over-exerting itself, which bursts on
the unprepared reader in sundry odes and apostrophes to abstract terms.
Read full poem →THE rank that New England occupies in the Union, the influ-
ence her institutions have, and are exerting upon the civilization
of the present century, are duly appreciated by all intelligent