Examples of by force in a Sentence
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He was charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, rape, oral copulation by force, pimping, human tracking and resisting an officer resulting in great bodily harm, the release said.
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Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024
China considers Taiwan a renegade province and has vowed to bring the self-governing democratic island of 24 million people under Beijing’s control, by force, if necessary.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
Advertisement Beijing considers Taiwan a part of its territory and has vowed to reunify it with the mainland and to achieve that goal by force if necessary.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
The dispute then was over KMT plans to boost trade with China, which has pledged to bring the democratically run island of 23 million people under its control someday, by force if necessary.
—Chien-Hua Wan and Debby Wu / Bloomberg, TIME, 21 May 2024
Postal keys were also taken by force in each of the May 11 incidents.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
After World War I at the Paris Peace Conference, the United States accepted the redrawing of multiple boundaries from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Roman Empire and the Chinese Empire by the victors by force of arms.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
In her letter, Foxx said that set the stage for UCLA’s campus to erupt into violence when a group of instigators tried to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment by force.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Florida is playing with house money now entering Game 4 back in Beantown Sunday -- the home-ice advantage retaken by force.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024
China considers Taiwan a renegade province and has vowed to bring the self-governing democratic island of 24 million people under Beijing’s control, by force, if necessary.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
Advertisement Beijing considers Taiwan a part of its territory and has vowed to reunify it with the mainland and to achieve that goal by force if necessary.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
The dispute then was over KMT plans to boost trade with China, which has pledged to bring the democratically run island of 23 million people under its control someday, by force if necessary.
—Chien-Hua Wan and Debby Wu / Bloomberg, TIME, 21 May 2024
Postal keys were also taken by force in each of the May 11 incidents.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
After World War I at the Paris Peace Conference, the United States accepted the redrawing of multiple boundaries from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Roman Empire and the Chinese Empire by the victors by force of arms.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
In her letter, Foxx said that set the stage for UCLA’s campus to erupt into violence when a group of instigators tried to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment by force.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Florida is playing with house money now entering Game 4 back in Beantown Sunday -- the home-ice advantage retaken by force.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
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“By force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20force. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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