Sentence examples for barely exerting from inspiring English sources
His gossamer rein persuaded the petulant filly that she was barely exerting herself.
The United States, on the other hand, barely exerts the minimum effort expected of a gas-phobic society: its enthusiasm for car pooling, enhanced public transportation and fuel-efficient vehicles remains relatively low.
Nine of the 39 items barely exerted influence on dignity.
Nine items barely exerted influence on dignity according to the formulated criteria (marked with an asterisk in Table 5).
An extra reason why 'A changed appearance' barely exerted influence on dignity was that some nursing home residents said they had lost weight, which they actually regarded as positive.
In this case, they would barely have to exert themselves.
Nixon and Kissinger barely tried to exert leverage over Pakistan's military government.
To find smaller planets, which exert barely perceptible tugs on their parent stars, astronomers are developing instruments to detect ever-tinier motions.
Most of the time we can barely be bothered to exert such efforts on behalf of our friends and partners, let alone on people we read about in the news.
Prosecutors denied exerting undue pressure.
Exerting myself, I broke with the cold.
