How to Use overexert in a Sentence

overexert

verb
  • In the finale, the Cavs put a minute limit on Windler, not wanting to overexert him in the Utah altitude.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
  • Stop and cool down An exertion headache is your body's way of telling you it's being overexerted, so if one strikes, take a break.
    Jazmine Polk, Health.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Plan to work your way up instead of overexerting yourself.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2020
  • To make up for that lack of strength, these amputees will often overexert their intact leg or overwork their hip.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Some of the drugs can cause horses to overexert themselves or mask the horse's ability to feel pain, which can led to injuries or death, authorities said.
    Julia Jacobo and, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Do not overexert yourself when digging your vehicle out of snow.
    Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Wayne Tinkle did not want to see his son and top player get worn down by overexerting himself months before the season began.
    Danny Moran, OregonLive.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Crowder's presence allows James to roam on defense and not overexert himself.
    Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Authorities say the drugs can cause horses to overexert themselves, leading to heart issues or death.
    Stephen Whyno, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Don’t be in a rush and don’t overexert yourself on the way up, because going down is a completely different animal.
    oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The weather service urged those spending time outdoors during the afternoon hours to drink plenty of water, don’t overexert and stay in the shade when possible.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 12 June 2022
  • Using the wrong form or overexerting yourself can strain muscles or tendons in your back, or sprain one of your ligaments, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    Nina Bahadur, SELF, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Salah has scored 32 goals in 39 appearances so far this season and Klopp is clearly reluctant to overexert him before Saturday's game.
    SI.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Facing a Brighton team lacking impetus without a single striker on the pitch, Arsenal did not have to overexert itself to see off the south-coast side at the Emirates Stadium.
    USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Kapler is determined to rely heavily on his bullpen and not overexert his starting rotation.
    Matt Breen, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Having overexerted himself in fighting off the Enemy, the city’s human avatar falls into a coma and vanishes.
    New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Having been ordered by doctors not to overexert himself, Vitale won’t attend the teams’ shootarounds, instead gathering his pregame intelligence through phone calls with the coaches.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Medical professionals don’t want patients to go home and overexert themselves.
    Zahra Barnes, SELF, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Lady Macbeth receives word of what’s to come and, independently of her husband — who doesn’t exactly overexert himself trying to stop her — hatches a plan to kill the current king (Brendan Gleeson).
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Child notices that calls increase around New Year’s, when people overexert themselves on the trails after making ambitious resolutions.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Weaver acknowledged before the season being anxious to contribute on the field once again, even as doctors, coaches and his mother constantly reminded him to not overexert himself.
    Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Having been out for a year with a cruciate ligament rupture, the Liverpool staff have put the English international on a specialist program so that he is not overexerted in training.
    SI.com, 21 July 2019
  • However, experts say patients shouldn’t overexert themselves.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2020

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