Exert in a sentence as a verb

If you care about this issue and work at a tech company, you're the only ones who can exert pressure from within.

To perform surveillance despite the fact that it doesn't make sense is to exert one's power over reason itself.

But in swimming, it is very difficult to accidentally over-exert yourself...you'll get too tired.

For example, find a way to have an end effector exert constant force on an object, as opposed to having a specific position.

They're just another small-p political tool to be used by politically minded people to exert social control.

There always has to be the "bottom" where you can exert near-dictatorial control over the behavior of the computer.

It's too bad Google didn't exert more control over the user experience in Android and allowed manufacturers and carriers to create such a mess that exists today.

I'm talking about the subtle fact that, among groups of people, women have the capability to exert a disproportionate influence on the status ordering.

The real challenge is to get yourself hired onto a good team by resisting all the pressure they exert to persuade you to jump into the blind pool, which is a recipe for russian roulette.

Still live in a society where a small group of individuals can exert blackmail and intimidation on a significant proportion of citizens.

Coming from server-side development mobile app development can be frustrating because of the power the platform vendors exert over every stage of the process.

They're both effectively monopolists in most markets they serve; allowing them to combine just allows them to exert more political influence to make sure they keep their monopoly and high profit margins.

Exert definitions

verb

put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

See also: exercise

verb

have and exercise; "wield power and authority"

See also: wield maintain

verb

make a great effort at a mental or physical task; "exert oneself"