How to Use in force in a Sentence

in force

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• Auteurs are out in force in this year’s writing and directing Emmy races and so are veteran pilot and episodic helmers.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 July 2026
• Some want to see the party banned, and protesters expected to turn out in force on Saturday and Sunday likely will underline those calls.
  — ABC News, 3 July 2026
• But far from proving that equality is an outdated concept, the meme is merely showing us that two of Samuel Johnson’s competing definitions of it remain in force.
  — Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
• Forest Service officials, their patience having long evaporated, arrived in force, handcuffing and hauling the occupiers out by the yokes of their flannels, then bulldozing the camp.
  — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
• In a sign of his belief in the new TIFF market, Maraval is taking a Cannes-strength Goodfellas sales team and will also be out in force with The Veterans, alongside co-founder Kim Fox.
  — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 July 2026
• Goodfellas and The Veterans co-founder Maraval believes the combination of the market and festival could draw in Asian buyers, who remain out in force in Cannes, and also attend the EFM, but are less present at the AFM.
  — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 July 2026
• With the all-Czech Ladies’ Singles Final underway at Wimbledon 2026, celebrities are out in force at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London today.
  — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019