FORCE in a Sentence

Learn FORCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for FORCE, such as:
1. Too much force will twist the key.
2. The rioters were taken away by force.
3. Public opinion can force the government into action.
4. And love you 'gainst the nature of love, force you.'
5. She was discharged from the police force for bad conduct.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of FORCE
force
 n.  a unit that is part of some military service
 v.  cause to move by pulling
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I am afraid, Rance, that you will never rise in the force.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  "There's more work to be got out of one of those little beggars than out of a dozen of the force," Holmes remarked.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3  Only after weeks of vain effort did the right idea occur to somebody-namely, to utilise the force of gravity.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
4  The force of the explosion had flung them to distances of hundreds of yards.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
5  It was, he supposed more of a force or a radiance, controlling the thrush and the worm; the tulip and the hound; and himself, too, an old man with swollen veins.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
6  Then down beneath a force was born in opposition; then another.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
7  Poole, here, and I are going to force our way into the cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
8  The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
9  We hope to have, before long, a board of fact, composed of commissioners of fact, who will force the people to be a people of fact, and of nothing but fact.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
10  Wamba seemed to feel the force of this appeal, and accompanied his companion, who began his journey after catching up a long quarter-staff which lay upon the grass beside him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
11  By my faith, I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Rowena, somewhat alarmed by the mention of outlaws in force, and so near them, strongly seconded the proposal of her guardian.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  Collect what force you can, for there's game afoot that must be hunted hard, and will turn to bay.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
14  And love you 'gainst the nature of love, force you.'
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  Thus exhorted, Cedric sallied forth upon his expedition; and it was not long ere he had occasion to try the force of that spell which his Jester had recommended as omnipotent.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  We will achieve much more by persuasion than by brute force.
2  They were able to achieve a settlement without using military force.
3  The United States is prepared to use military force to achieve its aims.
4  Public opinion can force the government into action.
5  The task force is comprised of congressional leaders, cabinet heads and administration officials.
6  The United States is sending a naval task force to the area to evacuate American citizens.
7  An aide said Clinton will announce his plan Wednesday after conferring with a White House-led task force on climate change.
8  The force of the wind had brought down a great many trees in the area.
9  The invading force, conscious of their numerical inferiority at sea, decided on an airborne attack.
10  The rioters were taken away by force.
11  She was discharged from the police force for bad conduct.
12  They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
13  The force hopes to increase the number of its beat constables.
14  Too much force will twist the key.
15  He wouldn't last five minutes in the police force - it's far too tough for him.