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Example sentences for "forced upon"

  • From this superficial survey of historical facts, the inference is forced upon us that the chance of producing a new double variety is good enough to justify the attempt.

  • Hence the suggestion is forced upon us that perhaps, owing to some unknown cause, all the peloric individuals of my experiment belonged to one and the same type, and were sterile for this reason only.

  • Of course a direct proof of this view cannot, as yet, be given, but this conclusion is forced upon us by a consideration of known facts bearing on the principle of constancy and evolution.

  • A man believes a proposition because it is forced upon him, and his intelligence is obliged to accept it.

  • And the divine origin of Jesus Christ is forced upon us as the only adequate explanation of His historical character.

  • I would never submit to the new laws, and could not discover in my old Austrian heart a bit of loyalty or love for the ruler who was forced upon us.

  • But first they would have to submit to stern necessity, and I should have to be forced upon them, that they might afterward learn to love me.

  • If you do not want them, they shall not be forced upon you.

  • It might be that at some critical moment those consequences would be forced upon us because our trade-routes in the Mediterranean might be vital to this country.

  • We believe we shall have the support of the House at large in proceeding to whatever the consequences may be and whatever measures may be forced upon us by the development of facts or action taken by others.

  • The idea of thus bringing electrical phenomena back to the mechanics of the ether is not, then, forced upon us, and the contrary idea even seems more probable.

  • Now, the phenomena of electrolysis have, for a long time, forced upon us an almost necessary image.

  • An admirable example of this is the present war, in which, in spite of the facts, Germany contends that war has been forced upon her.

  • In spite of the wrath of unlearned but patriotic Swiss, especially of those of the cicerone class, this conclusion is forced upon us as soon as we begin to study the legend in accordance with the canons of modern historical criticism.

  • The same conclusion is forced upon us when we examine the artistic structure of these poems.

  • Obviously the conclusion is forced upon us that the stories, like the words, are related collaterally, having descended from a common ancestral legend, or having been suggested by one and the same primeval idea.

  • In what way is it forced upon us that there is a natural world and a spiritual world?

  • We can not tell why it is that moral conviction is forced upon us by the coexistence of certain facts and their tendency to establish a certain conclusion.

  • But should a war be forced upon us by stronger enemies under conditions unfavourable to us, then, if our arms met with disaster, our political downfall would not be delayed, and we should rapidly sink down.

  • A war may seem to be forced upon a statesman by the state of home affairs, or by the pressure of the whole political situation.

  • The conclusion is forced upon us that the plan of sending black troops in larger numbers to Algeria will be vigorously prosecuted.

  • In little more than a month--in six weeks at the utmost--a new arrangement would be forced upon him, binding him perhaps for years to come.

  • You cannot even be sure of the motives of this woman, though you know the person or persons by whom she is forced upon you.

  • Orsino met his glance steadily, expecting to be informed of the nature of the next contract to be forced upon him.

  • All along, an issue has been gathering, but put off from time to time by compromise, until now, at last, the issue is forced upon us and compromise is exhausted.

  • Is it not evident, also, that the race will not attain this knowledge unless it be forced upon us by the necessity of avoiding the dread evil of disease?

  • Emigration appears to be forced upon many in these times, the compulsion coming not from Providence but from man and man's law.

  • Against emigration it would be folly to speak, but great is the responsibility of those by whose action or want of action it is forced upon others.

  • It might be that at some critical moment those consequences would be forced upon us because our trade routes in the Mediterranean might be vital to this country.

  • It did not do so, considering that a war is just only when it is forced upon one by the enemy.

  • We will not in the future let foreign idols be forced upon us, but will serve our own Gods.

  • We are not only compelled to accept the war that is forced upon us .

  • A war may seem to be forced upon a statesman by the condition of home affairs, or by the pressure of the whole political situation.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    both here; deep blue; forced himself; forced labor; forced labour; forced landing; forced laugh; forced march; forced marches; forced myself; forced smile; forced upon; high voltage; known through; large congregation; mind about; more frequently; poor dears; previous years; savage life; seemed likely; teaspoon salt; thou desirest; various depths; will always; with respect