I am confident a thousand young People, who would have been Ornaments to Society, have, from Fear of Scandal, never dared to exert themselves in the polite Arts of Life.
The Proposal of my Correspondent I cannot but look upon as an ingenious Method of placing Persons (whose Parts make them ambitious toexert themselves in frivolous things) in a Rank by themselves.
Could they have expected less from him than a stern rebuke, if they refused to exert themselves in the cause of freedom?
Several went down in her, too much knocked up to exert themselves.
The Chinamen by this time were so knocked up that they were scarcely able to exert themselves.
One boat alone was afloat with some people in her, but they were sitting on the thwarts or lying at the bottom, not attempting to exert themselves, all more or less injured.
Owen set the example, and Nat and Mike obeyed, but the others grumbled, asserting that the advantage to be gained was so slight that it was not worth while to exert themselves.
This transaction being immediately made known, (an account of it having been published in the news-papers,) tended not a little to engage the clergy in all parts of the country to exert themselves in support of the institution.
They seized this opportunity, when the emperor's forces were divided, and his councils distracted, to exert themselves in defence of their liberties.
It is incumbent upon the children to exert themselves to the utmost in acquiring the art of reading and writing.
The wind once more came ahead, and unless they continued to exert themselves, they might be blown back again a considerable distance.
Walter, as before, took the helm, while the mate and Nub pulled away as hard as their strength would allow, neither the doctor nor Dan being able to exert themselves.
The Frenchman was at the outer end of the raft, while two of his countrymen, the only men among them able to exert themselves, were standing near him.
The danger threatening had the effect of calming the fury of the mutineers, while Mr Lawrie's earnest appeals induced them to exert themselves in putting out the flames.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "exert themselves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
