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
• Take care to stay hydrated and don’t overexert yourself during this hot weather.
  — Dallas News, 4 July 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024