Sentence examples for exerted themselves to from inspiring English sources

The 18th- and 19th-century reform movements exerted themselves to "purify" Islam of these accretions and superstitions.

To secure their imperial status in Germany against Prussian enterprises, the Habsburgs exerted themselves to consolidate and to expand their central European bloc of territory.

The British military caretakers who took over Somalia during the war exerted themselves to decontaminate the territory from fascist influence by an educational programme that was considerably ahead of anything suggested for the protectorate.

Activists in the services of the BMG exerted themselves to destabilise – in unconstitutional ways – a political organisation which at that time had not been banned.

Athletes are exerting themselves to the maximum, taking in a lot of air.

Thinkers are pitifully apologetic for all this; therefore they exert themselves to rationalize it.

Coerce scout leaders and karate instructors for badges and belts your children would otherwise have to exert themselves to earn.

It suggests that ideas permeate through bodies and exert themselves to exist, and that the host is just a host.

It is very common for élite female athletes, who exert themselves to their physical limits as a matter of course, not to menstruate.

The Fales's reunion was less emotive than most, and all the more striking for not meeting the expectations of those who exert themselves to capture such moments.

"If publishers and editors exert themselves to keep certain topics out of print, it is not because they are frightened of prosecution, but because they are frightened of public opinion.