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Definition of Exertions
1. exertion [n] - See also: exertion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exertions
Literary usage of Exertions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall (1805)
"Skirmish at Springfield....La Fayette brings intelligence of aid from
France....exertions of congress and of the commander in chief to strengthen the army. ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"We may suppose, that the high relish of a state so different from his habitual
gloom, produced more than ordinary exertions of that distinguishing faculty ..."
3. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"without the supplements; but unless I supply a better, I keep all my grandfather's,
out of respect to his exertions, which I regret were not greater at so ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"To the exertions of John Simpson, his cousin, and one of his executors are chiefly
due the charter obtained in 1630 incorporating the college, ..."
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