How to Use force in a Sentence

force

1 of 2 noun

• The front of the car took the full force of the collision.
• He used brute force to open the door.
• We discourage the use of force.
• The police were accused of using excessive force when they made the arrest.
• I was impressed by the force of her personality.
• The force of the crash tore the steering wheel out of Bertulius’ car.
  — courant.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• And, oh, how the Red Sox are thrilled to have him as the steady force on the field.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 10 May 2021
• The force of the blast made the ceiling fall; the lights turned off and sirens turned on.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• But the code of ethics does not carry the force of law.
  — NBC News, 19 Oct. 2020
• Benson flailed backward from the force of the hit and fell to the ground.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2022
• The body also had sharp force injuries to the hands and arms.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• But questions are being raised about the need for the use of such force.
  — Kelly Murray and Emma Tucker, CNN, 6 Mar. 2021
• The guideline set out for those 45 days had no force of law.
  — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
• The county coroner has ruled that the child died from blunt-force trauma to the head.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 10 June 2021
• That man is a vile, destructive force in the country and in the world.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2022
• The city and state have overhauled guidelines on use of force.
  — Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
• In the third set, Abraham was a force at the net with four kills and a couple of big blocks.
  — oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2022
• Sims was a force at the rim and on the boards with 18 points, six rebounds in his last scrimmage.
  — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
• The force of the impact knocked her shoes off and sent her flying more than 20 feet.
  — Jake Blumgart, oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2022
• There’s this force that comes from nature that you just...
  — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 12 Nov. 2020
• The American in Paris got one thing right — tulle is back in full force.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 29 Dec. 2022
• As in the first movie, our heroes join forces with the other employees to thwart the plan.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023
• A century later the same is true of these tours de force.
  — Leena Kim and Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 17 May 2022
• Learning from that last season could be a driving force toward the top of the league.
  — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• This, in turn, increases the amount of force required to move those joints, putting more strain on them.
  — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
• There has been no talk of merging the Habitats into one force here.
  — jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2020
• This is not the first time a Black life was extinguished on camera by force.
  — al, 25 June 2020
• Humans would join forces and clobber it just to avenge our species.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• The law gives officers wide latitude to use force on the job.
  — Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2022
• The officers had been charged with excessive force in the beating and arrest of Rodney King, a Black man.
  — NPR, 11 Apr. 2024

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force

2 of 2 verb

• Their car was forced off the road.
• The runner was forced out of bounds.
• The pilot was forced to land when one of the plane's engines caught fire.
• They forced us to work long hours without pay.
• They are trying to force a vote on this issue.
• The flooding forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes.
• I am forced to conclude that more funding will be necessary.
• The scandal forced his resignation.
• Lack of time may eventually force a compromise.
• After seeing the evidence, I was forced to admit my error.
• This forces them to have to spend their nights on the street.
  — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
• For the most part, Covid-19 didn’t force too many changes.
  — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2021
• Yet these state bills would force them to play with the boys.
  — Jack Turban, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2021
• Don’t force me to go to the bullpen or bring in a pinch-hitter.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
• Does that mean the Lobos stack the box and force the Aztecs to beat them with the pass?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2021
• The buyer should not then be forced to go through with it.
  — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
• Stanley could refuse to do so and force the board to fire him.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2022
• The Chiefs didn’t force the Browns offside, or punt, or run.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2021
• They are forced to stay on their toes and are in a steady state of readiness.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 4 Mar. 2018
• Both those teams force (and commit) a lot of turnovers.
  — Noah Trister, ajc, 14 Mar. 2022
• Or teams trying to build a cap room? Be forced to trade it?
  — Marilyn Payne, For The Win, 24 Dec. 2019
• None of those had forced him to the emergency room, but this one did.
  — USA Today, 29 May 2020
• Will the Hurricanes rack up more sacks and force a turnover?
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• Jyaire Brown added one tackle and a pass breakup on third down to force a punt.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022
• No persons have the right to force others to pay for healthcare.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
• In those cases, you could be forced to take a break to address that change.
  — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2023
• The crew members, meanwhile, were forced to stay at their jobs.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2020
• The trick now is to force them to keep their money out of politics for good.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 12 Jan. 2021
• Read more This is not a drill: 1 in 4 teachers say guns forced their schools into lockdown last year.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
• Brickman, now a fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, points instead to the accreditation changes as a more serious effort that could force new approaches.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024