How to Use strong force in a Sentence

strong force

noun
  • Are strong bones the reason sharks are such a strong force in the ocean?
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Attempts to apply this idea to the strong force failed.
    Andrew Crumey, WSJ, 3 June 2022
  • But in the strong force, there are three fundamental types of charge.
    Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The deuteron is a bound state of a proton and a neutron, and the binding comes from the strong force, which is carried by gluons.
    Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
  • When a window-sized hole opens in an airplane, there is a strong force that sucks air out, experts say.
    Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
  • Parties of the centre-right and right that are sceptical of the accord will be the strongest force in the new congress.
    The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The noise that comes out is a bit loud, but the fine steam comes out in a strong force, thoroughly covering your surface.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Gluons, the particles of the strong force, connect with two up quarks and one down quark to create a proton.
    Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In the vote, the AfD emerged as the third-strongest force in the German Parliament and the main opposition party.
    Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 2 July 2018
  • More than many of my other pieces, this has a lot of power, being pulled in strong forces of rhythm and whirlwind, which is unique to this piece.
    Joshua Barone, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Nor does it get involved with the strong force—the one that holds atomic nuclei together.
    The Economist, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Australian women proved to be a strong force in the country’s elections this weekend.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 May 2022
  • These quarks are held together by the strong force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature.
    Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The telescope, though, was soon to meet with unusually strong forces of nature.
    Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 15 June 2018
  • The research is also a window into the strong force, the least understood of all nature's forces.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Kalbitz said the party hopes to become the strongest force there after state elections next year.
    Christoph Noelting, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • Thanks for being a strong force and positive influence in my life.
    Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But then physicists found new particles and needed extra dimensions for the strong force and the weak force.
    Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • Weinberg’s work helped physicists understand how the strong nuclear force emerges from the strong force.
    Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2023
  • Weinberg’s work helped physicists understand how the strong nuclear force emerges from the strong force.
    WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Strings also appear in the way the strong force acts among quarks, which are the elementary particles that make up a proton.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The strong force—the most powerful of the four fundamental forces of nature—keeps this mess confined to the insides of protons and neutrons.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Quarks cling to one another through the strong force so mightily they cannot be isolated.
    Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2019
  • Ledbetter is nationally known as a strong force in the fight for closing the pay gap between women and men.
    The Anniston Star, al, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Critics ask what is the point of maintaining military aid to Lebanon if Hezbollah remains the strongest force in the country.
    Nicholas Blanford, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Stefani might have the most artists so far, but Legend's team is shaping up to be a strong force, especially on the technical front.
    Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The fashion industry has also been a strong force in the recent expansion of the anti-fur movement.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The app proved to be a strong force for mobilizing young voters in the 2020 Presidential election.
    TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The corresponding force particles are called the W and Z bosons (for the weak force), gluons (for the strong force) and photons (for the electromagnetic force).
    Andreas Crivellin, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The pressure map shows the attraction of the strong force extending all the way out to 1.4 femtometers and beyond, bolstering the argument for such alternative theories.
    Charlie Wood, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2024

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