overexert

verb

Definition of overexertnext
as in to exert

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Recent Examples of overexert Gagnon says that includes teenagers, who can overexert themselves, especially playing sports. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Don't overexert yourself doing outdoor chores or activities. — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026 Don’t overexert yourself trying to push or dig your vehicle out of the snow. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Nov. 2025 Take a note from the sturgeon and do not overexert yourself by trying to propel in a direction that isn't working. — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overexert
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexert
  1. exert
  2. exercise
  3. overwork
  4. try
  5. essay
  6. eke out
Verb
  • Hamas could restrict the system to exert pressure internally, the official said, while Netanyahu could restrict it to pressure Hamas.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually, Alonso will want his side to exert control over opponents rather than embrace this Russian-roulette brand of football.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of exert
Verb
  • To the agers who make a practice of exercising during the decades before retirement, and who fall on the lucky side of fate, often go the spoils of fulfillment.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Mexican navy urged mariners and coastal residents to exercise extreme caution, citing high waves, heavy rain and the risk of rising rivers, flooding and landslides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of exercise
Verb
  • Now, the Dodgers are carrying three catchers, trying not to overwork Smith in his first weeks back.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • This won’t help your house cool faster and could overwork the air conditioner.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of overwork
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  • When Skinny Neck Tat guy tries to break into her house, Ginger exercises her constitutional right to deadly force.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Underneath the celebrity and the tabloid headlines is someone who’s vulnerable, funny and desperately trying to hold her life together.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of try
Verb
  • Larger collaboration, now being essayed by film industries as established as France and the Nordic States, is the bigger major way Africa’s film industries can also go.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • After netting a Golden Globe nomination for her film debut in 1978's Corvette Summer, Annie Potts joined the cast of Ghostbusters, played the ultimate Cool Girl record store clerk in Pretty in Pink (1986), and essayed her most iconic role as barbed single-mother Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of essay
Verb
  • New Jersey was pushed by the struggling Dallas team, who nearly eked out a DreamBreaker win before NJ advanced.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 June 2026
  • Filimon stood at the front of the crowd and asked what would happen to those trying to eke out a living digging for gold by hand.
    — Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026
Definition of eke out

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“Overexert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexert. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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