How to Use the forces in a Sentence

the forces

plural noun

• Why weren’t the forces that created us able to do the same?
  — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 June 2024
• To prove the forces and powers that be wrong about my worth and value.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• Her mother stopped the forces at the front door while Zahra and her father hid.
  — Mary Ann Koruth, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• The colonel had led some of the forces that cut straight across Gaza to the Mediterranean shore in the first days of the ground invasion.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• The SmartWheel measures the forces and torques applied by athletes to the push rim (the part on the chair individuals use to turn the wheels).
  — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2023
• But the forces pushing against an agreement are also strong.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• Or the forces of capitalism that invited the acclaim in the first place?
  — Longreads, 1 Mar. 2024
• Sure, the forces taking shape now may take a while to impact your business, and how and when may not be exactly clear.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
• Those who make it through the needle’s eye are able to evade a lot of the forces thought to drag humanities enrollments down.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• And so Colette became the resistance, pushing back against all the forces arrayed against her: the storm after the storm.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
• Then look at the forces that brought them to the professor’s office, feeling empowered to challenge a point.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• While that is true, the designer’s life was shaped by the forces of history and globalization.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2024
• One of the forces behind this backlash is the fossil fuels industry.
  — David Atkin, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
• King Charles' eldest son also voiced his gratitude for the opportunity and the work of the forces.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
• The Pentagon, which has pledged $200 million to assist in the mission, is responsible for making a base ready for the forces.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024
• One solution is recruiting more women, who make up less than 10 percent of the forces.
  — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
• Israel will stand against the forces of barbarism until victory.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Entrenched somewhere between the ancient and the futuristic, La Paz is a city at the mercy of the forces of history and nature.
  — Javier Rodríguez-Camacho, SPIN, 7 Mar. 2024
• Season 3 also sees the elves battle over their agenda, while the forces of other kingdoms work against Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer.
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 29 June 2023
• Shiner: Older than any substance on Earth, and never subjected to the forces that Earth has been subjected to.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
• Ted Egan, the city’s chief economist, believes that the likeliest scenario is that the forces of market capitalism will right the ship.
  — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023
• That’s thanks to the track’s design, with curves too sharp for the speed; tunnel and bridge infrastructure too old to take the forces of the speed; and congestion with freight traffic that makes high-speed trains dangerous.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
• Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added momentum to the forces trying to reshape the world and thrown a light on the path forward for US foreign policy.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
• But what are the forces that are rocking skills acquisition globally?
  — Rachel Wells, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Together, these forces have created a supernatural eclipse that blocks out the sun, allowing the forces of the night to retain control of the town at all hours.
  — Alessandro Fillari, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2023
• Reflecting the forces behind its creation, At Sloane strikes a balance between its Chelsea identity and Parisian style.
  — Lauren Jade Hill, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Even decades later, François struggles to understand the forces that continue to draw his family apart.
  — Vulture, 2 Jan. 2024
• There was this wonderful moment where corporations needed them badly, and where the forces of art and commerce aligned.
  — William Goodman, Men's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• So are the consequences of failing to defend democracy and decency from the forces conspiring against them now.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2024
• Some of the forces cited by Goldstein were already well known: consumers are burned out by the news, and social-media sites have moved away from promoting news articles.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Sep 2024