How to Use by force in a Sentence

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• Cubans like a guiding light, someone who wants to show us the way by force.
  — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
• He was booked for rape by force but has since been released after posting bond.
  — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
• These peoples, then, were not to be reasoned with but to be controlled by force.
  — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
• Lebanon’s army is nowhere near strong enough to impose its will on Hezbollah by force.
  — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
• These peoples, then, were not to be reasoned with but, rather, to be controlled by force.
  — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
• No country appears willing to try to open the strait by force while the war is raging.
  — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
• Sweden has the right to defend its airspace, by force if necessary, and will defend its airspace.
  — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
• Muller also faced state charges for burglary, robbery, kidnapping and two counts of rape by force.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
• The wood on my front door was split open by force, and the contents of every drawer and cabinet were tossed around.
  — Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
• With the embers of war still burning, the Soviets sought to buy their stake, not take it by force.
  — James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made By History , TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
• The viewer is not granted access by force, but invited to witness with care.
  — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 July 2025
• Third, that international borders must not be changed by force.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
• Postal keys were also taken by force in each of the May 11 incidents.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
• The White House hasn’t ruled out taking the Arctic island by force.
  — Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• The White House hasn’t ruled out taking the Arctic island by force.
  — Emma Burrows, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
• Ruan was taken away by force, shattering a lens of his eyeglasses.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• But Maduro’s defiance set in motion the final phase of a secret and risky plan to evict him by force.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
• Even though protests inspired by her death have been quashed by force, Iranian women are still fighting.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
• The White House hasn’t ruled out taking the territory by force.
  — Emma Burrows, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2026
• The White House hasn’t ruled out taking the territory by force.
  — Daniel Niemann, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
• And Israel can’t defeat Hamas by force without harming many hostages.
  — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
• The driver’s side window is then broken by force, and McNeal is punched on the side of the head.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 22 July 2025
• Having taken by force the goods of the peasants in taxes and rent, the rich congregated in cities.
  — Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
• Chasing a caregiver into a daycare, hauling her out by force.
  — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
• Museveni, who first took power by force in 1986, is serving his sixth term.
  — Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
• Detectives said in that incident, three men and a woman robbed a passenger by force while on the train.
  — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
• Masterson is charged with three counts of rape by force or fear, which could mean up to 45 years in prison if if he’s convicted.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2022
• Meanwhile, Reddit staffers restored access to more pages, often by force.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
• Borders are lines drawn by governments and enforced by force, not by nature or morality.
  — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
• Aggression and greed, the desire to dominate and control, to change borders by force.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 6 June 2024