We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The dark outside world of Paris under German occupation exerted a strong containing pressure. — Gerard Debreu Copy Share Image
Impressed force is the action exerted on a body to change its state either of resting or of moving uniformly straight forward. — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
My parents genuinely loved Vienna, and in later years I learned from them why the city exerted a powerful hold on them… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them,… — Charles Inglis Copy Share Image
Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister… — John Updike Copy Share Image