Sentence examples for useless exertion from inspiring English sources

It reminds me of a Rube Goldberg contraption or of Johnson's dog walking on its "hinder legs". Calling this a lipogram linked to Greek antiquity does little to rinse away the sweaty scent of useless exertion.

The disorienting way that opposites attract and even collapse into each other haunts Ross's novel at every level, from a casual description of a standoff between David and Alice as "something absurd and useless, a pointless exertion of stamina, like a kissing marathon," to broader statements.

"But exertion?

The exertion is worthwhile.

By his exertion?

She never shirked exertion.

Physical exertion made me hungry.

The exertion can be intense.

"Useless cunts.

Very useless.

Exertion was clearly visible.