Usage of "physical effort"

The use of forces and means higher than normal in order to achieve a given purpose.

Usage of physical effort in English

Dopamine likely offsets effort costs just as it does for physical effort. 
 Pubmed 

If the work requires physical effort, the minimum recommended temperature is 13C. 
 BBC 

At least the ongoing physical effort helps to keep panic at bay. 
 Night of knives 

The physical effort required in the arcoplex's gravity was the only downside. 
 Zero Point 

With a physical effort he made the two moons coalesce into one. 
 The Anubis Gates 

I'd go, but-She did not want to make the physical effort. 
 England, My England 

This was probably the most severe physical effort of Eugene Field's life. 
 Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 

The least physical effort, a long walk, a fast drive, exhausted him. 
 Jean-Christophe Journey's End 

The physical effort sent a horrible rush of pain raging through Thomas. 
 The Scorch Trials 

I don't need a licence or insurance and no physical effort is required. 
 The Irish Times 

The sheer physical effort of crawling made it impossible to go on talking. 
 Winter door 

She appeared to bring herself under control with a physical effort. 
 The Only Victor 

But she had little space for thought: physical effort took all her concentration. 
 The witch queen 

It took almost all the physical effort out of the project. 
 The black prism 

It took physical effort to take and raise the spare telescope. 
 Second to None 

Tyacke seemed to pull himself out of his thoughts with a physical effort. 
 The Only Victor 

physical

Adjective

Noun

Physical effort through the time

Physical effort across language varieties

United Kingdom

Common

United States of America

Common

Meanings of physical effort in English