Exacted In A Sentence

Definition of Exacted

• Heaven knew what promises might not be exacted from him before the evening ended.
• He then exacted a payment of about fourpence a head towards defraying the expense of sentinels.
• Rentals are exacted from them, which represent on the average the fourth part of their wages.
• The lady married the man she loved whereupon the knight exacted fulfilment of the agreement.
• She was in reality single, but she exacted the married title as a point of respect.
• And yet we sinned, in writing or reading or studying less than was exacted of us.
• In the case of every other great trade union the war has exacted profound and vital concessions.
• Her life belonged to another; and he exacted the payment of tribute to the uttermost farthing.
• Toll was exacted in one direction only, unsold articles to be returned to the shipper free.
• Her mother had exacted some small household tasks from her, and setting the table was one of them.
• It seems rather a petition indulged to human infirmity, than exacted from human piety.
• Patti has frequently exacted what I will content myself with describing as extreme terms.
• One promise only I exacted from her as the price of this gracious act on my part.

• Implicit obedience was exacted from her.
• We have exacted vengeance from them.
• For this the law exacted no penalty.
• She exacted a promise to that effect.
• The work exacted of them was necessarily very light.
• For these services they exacted large fees.
• Her father had exacted no promise about secrecy.
• She exacted complete obedience from her children.
• Rarely was any fee exacted for the lesson given.
• But one by one, he exacted the password from each.
• A fare of eleven dollars was usually exacted for the trip.
• It was exacted of Hellenic hierophants.
• Helen had exacted no promises from Dexter.
• She exacted that I should speak.
• I have not exacted more work from the labourer than was just.
• It isn't to be exacted of me.
• She had exacted her share of the homage and the substance of her clients.
• He had exacted a complete revenge for their attack upon him.
• And the tribute of human tears will be exacted to the uttermost.
• His moral sense exacted such things rather of other people than himself.
• The promise now fell due and the men exacted its fulfilment.
• The land magnates exacted tribute for the slightest privilege granted.
• The law of love exacted for the heart a widowhood of twice that period.
• So he exacted a promise that he would follow him, and went on ahead.
• The soundest political acumen, the most unerring tact, was exacted of him.
• He was very jealous of Edna and exacted a stern degree of fidelity of her.
• Thus he escaped witnessing the vengeance exacted by William upon the north.