Exerts

Examples

• She exerts herself very much for Africa, sir, I said. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The hand exerts a small force over a long distance and draws out a nail. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• While most of us are familiar with the bursting of water pipes on a cold night, few of us realize the influence which freezing water exerts on the character of the land around us. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The fish is entirely surrounded by water which exerts an equal pressure on all sides. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When air is compressed, its pressure increases, and it exerts a greater force against the matter with which it comes in contact. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The WILL exerts itself, when either the good or the absence of the evil may be attained by any action of the mind or body. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• At a light-red heat, iron becomes non-magnetic, so that a strong magnet exerts no influence over it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• As it expands and occupies more space, its pressure falls and it exerts less force against the matter with which it comes in contact. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Let the lever, any strong metal bar, be supported on a stone which serves as fulcrum; then if a man exerts his force at the end of the rod somewhat as in Figure 91 (p. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Water 1 foot deep exerts a pressure of 62. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Air under ordinary atmospheric conditions exerts a pressure of 15 pounds to the square inch. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• If, for example, 1 cubic foot of air is allowed to expand and occupy 2 cubic feet of space, the pressure which it exerts is reduced one half. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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