force field
noun
1
2
: a special charm, aura, or spirit that can influence anyone in its presence
3
: something resembling a force field especially in intensity that restricts or impedes movement toward an area or object
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Examples of force field in a Sentence
an entrepreneur whose force field is intense enough to make you share in his dreams
Recent Examples on the Web
The overall impact of the place creates a force field that’s greater than any individual that tries to put its mark on it.
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Karrie Jacobs, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2023
Gold medals don’t provide some magical force field from those rooting against you.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
The high acts as a force field of sorts too, diverting jet stream energy and disturbances to the north and fending off widespread inclement weather.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
Nor has Trump’s force field repelled attacks from his fellow Republicans.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 13 May 2023
West 117th Street is not a force field.
—John Benson, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
This vaccine is something like a force field.
—Arkansas Online, 9 July 2021
His presence is like a force field.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2021
For all their industrial abstraction, not to mention enormous weight, even the largest works exude a humane force field.
—Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
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Karrie Jacobs, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2023
Gold medals don’t provide some magical force field from those rooting against you.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
The high acts as a force field of sorts too, diverting jet stream energy and disturbances to the north and fending off widespread inclement weather.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
Nor has Trump’s force field repelled attacks from his fellow Republicans.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 13 May 2023
West 117th Street is not a force field.
—John Benson, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
This vaccine is something like a force field.
—Arkansas Online, 9 July 2021
His presence is like a force field.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2021
For all their industrial abstraction, not to mention enormous weight, even the largest works exude a humane force field.
—Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
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First Known Use
1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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