Sentences with force
force
F f - He was charged with abducting a taxi driver and forcing him to drive a bomb to Downing Street. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
- A back injury forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
- I was impressed by the force of her personality.
- He used brute force to open the door.
- To force this agreement on the nation is wrong. [V n + on/upon]
- They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
- We discourage the use of force.
- The police were accused of using excessive force when they made the arrest.
- That evening police forced the door of the flat and arrested Mr Roberts. [VERB noun]
- The government decided against using force to break-up the demonstrations.
- The front of the car took the full force of the collision.
- Gayle force leaves India on the brink.
- The force of the explosion shattered the windows of several buildings.
- For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country. [+ in]
- SYNONYMY NOTE: force implies the exertion of power in causing a person or thing to act, move, or comply against his or its resistance and may refer to physical strength or to any impelling motive [circumstances forced him to lie]; compel implies a driving irresistibly to some action, condition, etc.; to , coerce is to compel submission or obedience by the use of superior power, intimidation, threats, etc.; , constrain implies the operation of a restricting force and therefore suggests a strained, repressed, or unnatural quality in that which results [a constrained laugh]
- He changed our world through the force of his ideas. [+ of]
- ...the protection of mankind against the forces of nature: epidemics, predators, floods, hurricanes. [+ of]
- ...the earth's gravitational force.
- The airlift was conducted in force ten winds.
- Joe forced a smile, but underneath he was a little disturbed. [VERB noun]
- ...the deployment of American forces in the region.
- The more senior you become in the forces, the more likely you are to end up in a desk job.
- It was hard for a police officer to make friends outside the force.
- The force of the blow
- Electromotive force
- The force of his argument
- He was a force in the land
- He spoke with great force
- Armed forces
- A workforce
- To force a confession
- To force a nail into wood
- He forced his views on them
- To force the voice
- The force of a blow
- To use force in opening a door
- To resort to force in dispersing a mob
- force of character
- The force of circumstances, an argument lacking force
- A force for good
- To miss the force of something said
- A sales force, a police force
- To force a lock
- To force the enemy's stronghold
- Forcing the gun from his hand
- To force an article into a filled box
- To force one's attentions on another
- To force a smile
- To force one's voice
- Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a body which does not resist it. Otherwise, the force will deform the body.When a force is applied to an unresisting object, the object moves.A force is an action applied to a body which makes it change speed, direction, or shape.
- He used all his force in opening the window.
- To use force to open the window; to use force on a person.
- A personality of great force.
- The force of circumstances; a force for law and order.
- They felt the force of his arguments.
- force of character.
- A sales force.
- The force of her acting.
- Social forces.
- To force a suspect to confess.
- He forced his way through the crowd. They forced air into his lungs.
- To force a smile.
- To force one's opinions on others.
- To force acceptance of something.
- To force a confession.
- They forced the town after a long siege.
- This ancient rule is no longer in force.