Exacted in a sentence

The mental burden of the war has also exacted a heavy toll.

The transition exacted a huge cost in social cohesion.

Coded in that narrative is an ingenious metaphor for trans identity, affected so profoundly by pressures exacted from within and without.

Despair at the price exacted by Jewish identity will make some decide to quit, to return their membership card.

Donald Trump and the Republican Party have exacted a tragic tribute from American democracy.

He has been using the FCA's competition powers to crack down on high overdraft fees charged by banks and on high interest rates exacted by payday loan companies.

He said that the troops have sustained the recent defeat exacted on the terrorists with more rigour in Damboa and Garkida towns of Borno and Adamawa States, respectively.

Since the beginning, Hanford has exacted a human toll, prompting concerns that safety has been compromised in the push to get the job done.

The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have exacted their pound of flesh from the Igbos.

The public health crisis presented by has exacted a heavy toll globally in lives and economic damage.

There seemed little reason not to send Elneny off too, but punishment was swiftly exacted in a different form.

After McGregor exacted revenge in the rematch, Diaz had talks for other fights, but no matchups he loved.

A no-nonsense shopper exacted withering revenge on a pensioner who criticised her tattoos while she was helping her with her shopping.

But demanding greater social and political rights has often exacted a severe cost on Saudi activists and intellectuals.

Jones somberly talked about the human toll the war had exacted on families within his rural, eastern North Carolina district.

Mann’s administration has exacted controversial measures to deal with the empowered he’s deemed terrorists and is stoking national tensions to win public support for Mann First, a cybernetically-augmented soldier program.

Political fundraising is not the same as selling timeshares or vacuum cleaners, although the amount of grit and grime exacted by both vocations may indeed be comparable.

Until a high price is exacted from the people engaging in the outrageous behavior we have been observing all through this Kavanaugh nomination, they simply will not stop.

Bunson (1994), 404. Citizens of Rome and Italy paid indirect taxes, while direct taxes were exacted from the provinces.

Fraser, pp. 191–194 Meanwhile, the House of Commons had forbidden all appeals to Rome and exacted the penalties of praemunire against all who introduced papal bulls into England.