the forces

plural noun

British

: the military organizations (such as the army, navy, and air force) of a country : armed forces

Will the new defense policy weaken the forces?

Examples of the forces in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the forces behind it are real, and the software industry’s most comfortable assumptions are no longer safe. —Michael Jacobides, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026

Footage unveiled today exclusively for the room showed a power struggle brewing in between the forces of good, who prospered in a stunning magical kingdom of woods and water, and those who want to root it out. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026

Colonial technology came for his kingdom, regardless, and the forces of modernity ended up demonizing those who didn’t embrace technology as backward and uncivilized. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026

No bold vision is immune to the forces that can slow and even stop the delivery of the infrastructure that supports that grand idea. —Gia Biagi, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the forces

• discourses
• divorces
• endorses
• enforces
• indorses
• racehorses
• workforces
• courses
• horses
• sources
• reinforces
• watercourses