I had just married; it was needful to make a great exertion.

There was great exertion necessary to shut the door of the house.

This requires great exertion; think pushing a pencil through raw pork.

In strong minds, despair is an acute disease; the prelude to great exertion.

By dint of great exertion I brought the tight cord against the blade.

No man can develop into an expert without great exertion of the will.

The Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, all of them performed works requiring great exertion.

They are generally short, stoutly built, and capable of great exertion.

He's only quiet because he has got to undergo great exertion.

And, by dint of great exertion, he mastered his agitation.

With great exertion, by means of signs, we reassured them and negotiated with them.

But now, after any great exertion, he was attacked by violent palpitation of heart.

So great exertion, combined with your absence, is too much.

Our best energies are not on the surface and are not available without great exertion.

His clothing had warmed to him from great exertion.

He felt a miserable sinking of the heart, a weariness as if after great exertion.