Sentence examples for used to exert from inspiring English sources

Repurchases can also be used to exert buying pressure to push up the stock price before executives sell their shares.

They say that social networks, where people broadcast their online activities to their friends, can also be used to exert subtle social pressure on people to get involved.

But Russian pipelines should not be used to exert pressure on countries, or to force them to pay outrageous prices.

Beijing is investing huge amounts of time and effort to develop blockchain technologies that can be used to exert Chinese influence abroad.

On rare occasions, in Provence, the weight of history can grow oppressive, especially when one feels it being used to exert a nasty sort of muscle.

The character of the screw took on a new dimension, for these screws were used to exert pressure; their modern counterparts are called power screws.

Much like the muscles and bones that are depleted because they no longer need to work to fight gravity, the heart gets used to exerting a far lighter effort to keep blood pumping throughout the body.

Dominic Lawson has observed the right-to-die lobby comprises "powerful people" who are used to exerting control over their lives, and I ­suppose I thought of myself as one of them.

The government, used to exerting significant control over media like newspapers, films and television, has in recent months been frustrated in its effort to extend similar and greater regulations to Web sites, most of which are based in the United States.

He is used to exerting control over all the people that he comes into contact with," Janet says in court papers.

The book is incredibly helpful in lifting the veil on capital financing, explaining complicated terminology and negotiation tactics that investors use to exert influence on your business.