How to Use force on/upon in a Sentence

force on/upon

phrasal verb
  • Task force on Trump assassination attempts to hold first House hearing Thursday.
    Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The stars and stripes were out in force on the Fourth of July.
    Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
  • Michael Koman, who are leading the force on the spinoff.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • She was still booked and busy, a stunning force on the runway.
    Elyssa Maxx Goodman, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The stars and stripes were out in full force on Friday in honor of Flag Day.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
  • Prigozhin was the head of the Wagner Group, which ran a key mercenary force on the ground in Ukraine.
    TIME, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Player to watch/Foxborough: Collins is a force on both ends for the Warriors.
    Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The White House task force on drug shortages hasn’t stepped in to referee.
    Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Taylor has been a force on Mainstream Rock Airplay through the years, though.
    Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
  • At the depth the Titanic is at, the force on every square inch on its broken hull is about 5,500 pounds.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2023
  • This means there will be another force on the balloon, an air drag force.
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 15 Feb. 2021
  • At 6 feet and 315 pounds, Arzola was a force on offense.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Fesperman had been appointed to the police force on the day he was killed.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
  • The mere act of running creates a force on the ankle roughly 2½ times the person’s body weight, which in the case of Mahomes would be about 570 pounds.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Second, the shape of the dome channels wind around it, depriving that wind of a flat surface to exert force on.
    Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
  • In classical mechanics, the Sun exerts a force on the Earth equal in magnitude to the force that the Earth exerts back on the Sun.
    Larry M. Silverberg, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In 2019, Grusch was asked to lead a government task force on UAP sightings.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 July 2023
  • Adams will be a force on special teams, and contribute on defense.
    cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In a sport where many top athletes stand about 6 feet tall, Crouser uses his 6-foot-7 frame for more leverage and force on throws.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Since the Open era began, the only singles player to accomplish that tour de force on the men’s side is Rod Laver, who did so in 1969.
    Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Farmer's walks target your grip, upper back, and core without putting force on your lower back.
    Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 4 May 2023
  • Unlike true leaf rakes, the Hooyman bow rake weighs in at 4.8 pounds for exerting force on denser substances.
    Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Garber announced the formation of the task force on January 19, just 38 days ago.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Haimes led Roundabout for four decades and turned the company into a major force on Broadway.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Young explains that the swinging birds exerted as much force on their beaks as a swinging gibbon does on its arm, if not more.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Kundananji was a force on the left side all night on Friday while Bay FC continued to look dangerous working the ball in from the flank.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • When your neck is bent in a 45 degree angle looking down at your computer, your head can exert up to 50 pounds of force on your neck.
    Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And Latin music has remained a force on streaming — so much that 2023 seems to be the biggest year for number one Latin hits on Spotify.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Credit for not playing the roundball lottery and playing with some force on offense.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The stress of moving from the medium of air to the much denser medium of water exerts a huge force on the bird's body, with an impact akin to tornadoes hitting the water.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023

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