'force' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'force' with 20 example sentences.
- force noun
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: a powerful effect or influence
: (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
: physical energy or intensity
: group of people willing to obey orders
: a unit that is part of some military service
: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
: a group of people having the power of effective action
: (of a law) having legal validity
: a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
- force verb
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: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
: move with force
: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
: do forcibly; exert force
: take by force