EXERCISE in a Sentence

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Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXERCISE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exercise
 n.  activity requiring physical effort especially to improve health and fitness
 v.  use or apply
Classic Sentence: (197 in 14 pages)
1  Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Through all this motley assemblage, threading her way with the skill of an accomplished rider, there galloped Lucy Ferrier, her fair face flushed with the exercise and her long chestnut hair floating out behind her.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
3  They took their exercise in the garden, and were discouraged from playing with the other young animals.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
4  It cost some exercise of the white truncheon, well seconded by the exertions of the domestics, to silence this canine clamour.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  Nothing could be more gracefully majestic than his step and manner, had they not been marked by a predominant air of haughtiness, easily acquired by the exercise of unresisted authority.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  Good brother," replied the inhabitant of the hermitage, "it has pleased Our Lady and St Dunstan to destine me for the object of those virtues, instead of the exercise thereof.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  I would not for my cowl that they found us in this goodly exercise.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  Jesters and jugglers were not awanting, nor was the occasion of the assembly supposed to render the exercise of their profession indecorous or improper.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
9  This enclosure was formed on a piece of level ground adjoining to the Preceptory, which had been levelled with care, for the exercise of military and chivalrous sports.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
10  No pain, no injury, however, was designed by him to his cousin in this offer: she was not to lose a day's exercise by it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
11  I wish you may not be fatigued by so much exercise.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
12  If Fanny would be more regular in her exercise, she would not be knocked up so soon.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
13  We mean nothing but a little amusement among ourselves, just to vary the scene, and exercise our powers in something new.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  Nobody is fonder of the exercise of talent in young people, or promotes it more, than my father, and for anything of the acting, spouting, reciting kind, I think he has always a decided taste.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
15  Not exactly, though I shall be happy to do both, but that would be exercise only to my body, and I must take care of my mind.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
16  If you can only exercise once a week, that's better than nothing.
17  Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
18  Regular exercise will improve blood circulation.
19  The board can exercise its veto to prevent the decision.
20  Dr Lee believes that men who exercise can halve their risk of cancer of the colon.
21  We must encourage children to exercise choice and make their own decisions.
22  Voting is the exercise of a civil right.
23  She hired a trainer to create a personalized exercise schedule to get her into shape.
24  We have continued to exercise caution in our budgeting for the current year.
25  Regular exercise is a good habit for kids to develop.
26  This exercise is designed to develop the shoulder and back muscles.
27  The doctor advised him to take more exercise.
28  Lack of exercise is a risk factor in heart disease.
29  Lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it's relatively small when compared with the others.
30  Too little exercise is a contributory factor in heart disease.