I can exert more force with my little finger.

But you must exert your willpower and bear with me.

Leadership was one of them, though he exerted that only with difficulty.

The worker noted his attention and exerted herself with the hammer.

I tried to exert some influence, tried to change enough of the old ways to allow us to live in peace with the white man.

Here we go, she thought, and began to exert downward pressure with her left hand.

"Your grandfather did perhaps exert too strong an influence on you, with his medieval fantasies."

But when things get really bad, expect the Chinese to exert their new found power with calculated efficiency.

But now the thumb could grip against those fingers, and she could exert pressure with the hand as a whole.

We must exert greater pressure with regard to the agencies.