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Example sentences for "forces"

Lexicographically close words:
forcefully; forcefulness; forcemeat; forceps; forcer; forceth; forcible; forcibly; forcing; forct
  1. Control of nature's forces will supply every man with what he needs to keep his body alive, his soul and his brain free from care.

  2. Here is one trust already talking as though it controlled the army and all the other forces of Government.

  3. The man wastes his soul who devotes its forces only to accumulating wealth.

  4. We shall have outgrown our infancy, and, like a child that has learned to walk and balance itself, we shall understand the forces of nature and use them.

  5. Murder results, in the second place, from misdirected forces within us.

  6. Among these forces you may count the constructors of the great cosmic eye--the huge telescope that is now building in Paris.

  7. In that ancient and wonderful book, as in no other writing, the Jewish forces of poetry and of prophecy are exhausted in the effort to portray God's majesty.

  8. Forces such as heat and electricity pass through it more readily than through free air.

  9. He uses nature's explosive forces to bring down the bird on the wing.

  10. And these perverted passions will continue to breed crime until men shall have learned to regulate society on a basis that will give full and natural play to the forces within us.

  11. And while we crawl around here now, with no conception of our future state, some of the forces at work among us are preparing for the days when real life shall begin.

  12. Does anybody question the outrageousness of a system which forces upon the people as representatives two Senators whom they would not have chosen and whom they actually believe to be inimical to their interests?

  13. The millions of red corpuscles in the blood, each with its infinitesimal particles of iron, absorb in the lungs and distribute throughout the body the electric forces on which we depend, and with which we do our work.

  14. Barbara's room was thus becoming the meetingplace for all the gossiping forces of the neighbourhood.

  15. Margaret, putting herself at the head of these forces, marched across the frontier into England, and joined herself there to the other forces which had assembled in answer to her summons.

  16. His plan was to march down, with all the forces that he could raise there, to the coast of Devonshire, to meet Richmond on his landing.

  17. Armed forces were organized on one side and on the other, and at length Prince Richard openly claimed the crown as his right.

  18. It was in such a castle as this, near London, that Lady Cecily and her younger children were residing when her husband went to the northward to meet the forces of the queen, as related in the last chapter.

  19. He dispatched detachments of his forces to the southward to defend the southern coast, where he expected Richmond would land, while he himself proceeded northward, toward the centre of the kingdom, to assemble and organize his grand army.

  20. Edward, having received intelligence of her movements, collected his forces also, and, accompanied by Clarence and Gloucester, went forth to meet her.

  21. Accordingly, in the spring, when the fleet and the forces were ready, Edward and Richard set sail from the Low Country to cross the Channel.

  22. At the same moment the Bulgarians in great force attacked the Serbians on their right flank and by the 28th joined forces with the Teutonic troops.

  23. We state that the total loss of the German high sea forces during the battle of May 31-June 1 and the following time are: One battle cruiser, one ship of the line of older construction, four small cruisers, and five torpedo boats.

  24. Towards the end of September, 1916, the British and French Armies began an attack upon the German forces at Loos and in the Champagne.

  25. Yet, apart from the first withdrawal of General Petain's army from outlying positions to definite lines of defense, the two months fighting has not given the attacking forces a gain of two miles.

  26. Whilst great German and Austro-Hungarian forces crossed the Danube in the north the Bulgarians attacked Serbia on the flank.

  27. In order to prevent fabulous reports, it is again stated that in the battle off Skagerrak on May 31 the German high sea forces were in battle with the entire modern English fleet.

  28. Sir Redvers Buller's third attempt to force his way through to Ladysmith failed on 8th February, when he withdrew his forces from Vaalkranz to the south side of the Tugela.

  29. Sir George White's gradual withdrawal of his forces to positions prepared for defence was therefore not harassed by shell fire from beyond the range of our own field batteries.

  30. Then he sent round a brief message to Colonel Royston commanding the Volunteer Forces of Natal, and to Colonel Edwardes of the Imperial Light Horse.

  31. The tacit understanding seems to have been that both forces should have time to collect their wounded and bury their dead.

  32. And he promised further that they should all be released, but still on parole, whenever the siege of Ladysmith might be raised or the Boer forces withdrawn.

  33. We 've had to try and develop all her latent qualities of birth and breed, and maintain them in a state of exact equilibrium against the downward forces of environment.

  34. Still, though all the forces of life and thought were humming at high pressure inside him, was he powerless to burst the fetters of his body.

  35. It has not been the lot of Mr. Page to paint a mighty man, so inlocked with the rugged forces of his age.

  36. And he brings water, gets Tom upon his feet, forces him into a clean shirt, and regards him in the light of a child whose reformation he is determined on perfecting.

  37. The old man cannot relieve her anxiety, and arranging her hood she bids him good night, forces a piece of gold into his hand, and seeks her home, disappointed.

  38. It is conscience that unlocks the guilty heart, that forces mortals to seek relief where there is no chance of finding it.

  39. An homeless outcast, necessity forces him to send them out to prey upon the community by day, and to seek in this wretched hovel a shelter at night.

  40. And this falling off in the forces of the foe, singularly inspirited the scorpions, who mustered courage, and after a series of savage battles, in which there was a notorious amount of wool-pulling gained the day.

  41. But none need envy the icy region this heart encircles; and at least the tears are hot which the emotions of this cold heart forces me to shed.

  42. An important question forces itself upon our attention: Are these movements and noises governed by intelligence?

  43. Like the spasms of Galvani's frog, certain crude facts, about which you are skeptical, reveal the existence of natural forces as yet unknown.

  44. The absence of a sufficient cause to change the weight, is, then, the critical point of the argument, and the perfect trust of the mind in the principle of sufficient cause forces us to the conclusion that Matter is indestructible.

  45. To lift a ton weight, apply a vast number of forces of one ounce intensity, acting successively in time, and the thing is done!

  46. To start it on its course of rotation and evolution, there must have been either some external impelling power, or else some original differentiation of forces or conditions; for which, again, some other cause than itself must be supposed.

  47. It refuses to establish the industrial and moral education for all which would protect society from the invading forces of pauperism, crime, and pestilence.

  48. But now I knew it was by forces within the earth that the lava was poured out, and that the waves which rolled the pebbles were driven by the wind and the wind by the sun's heat.

  49. And the forces within the earth and the heat within the sun come from still further within.

  50. Mysterious forces residing in human nature; emanations from inmost potentiality, unknown till our day; the duplication of our experimental power, which gives ability to think and act outside ourselves.

  51. The forces and phenomena of the world were supposed eternal; and therefore a Creator was unnecessary.

  52. Several skirmishes took place between the forces of the usurper and the troops of the Pope and of Lewis of Anjou.

  53. The new Pope renewing the alliance with Lewis of Anjou, they combined their forces against Ladislas, and endeavoured to drive him back from the position he had taken.

  54. The provisions for the investing forces had actually to be brought from Ireland, for the country wives suddenly discovered that they had nothing to sell.

  55. The Duke's arrival on the Britomart by way of Stranryan had mobilized all the forces of order, as escorts of safety or guards of honour.

  56. But when you are in your own country and doing your foul business, you might at least have your information correct before calling out the forces of His Majesty.

  57. He did not like this open defiance of the forces of law and order.

  58. And as to hanging him--faith, they will need all their forces back from the wars before they could do siccan a thing in Galloway!

  59. Besides, the naval and military forces of the realm must be recruited in some way or other!

  60. XXXI Rinaldo sent with these the baggage train And carriages, with which his troops were stored; And fetching, with the forces that remain, A compass, he the upper way explored.

  61. And what may best annoy the foes, and suit For safety, without more delay forestalls; And plans an embassy to England, thence To gather fresher forces for defence.

  62. But Doria singly will of the corsair With his own forces purge the briny flood: So that I see each continent and isle Quake at his name, from Calpe to the Nile.

  63. LXXXV "We made a truce, thou knowest, upon pact Of furnishing our baffled forces aid; Nor foe in joust or fight can be attacked By us with justice till this debt be paid.

  64. General Abercrombie and his staff, with several of the superior officers, followed slowly behind all the rest, well aware that the advance of the forces would meet with no opposition, at least upon the first day's march.

  65. The utmost precautions have been taken to keep its existence concealed, even from the forces in Fort Carillon; and now this man is at large, to bear the intelligence to the enemy.

  66. However that might be, there was no question but that both the Swahilis and the villagers were dangerous enemies, and would join forces to crush the little band who had defied and routed them.

  67. Great continental blocks are upheaved from beneath the sea by internal geologic forces that fashion the earth.

  68. The rocks of the country are limestones, sandstones, and shales, originally lying in horizontal altitudes; but volcanic forces were generated under them and lavas boiled up.

  69. Thus, while forces were at work favorable to democracy, the gentry remained in control of affairs after the Revolution, although their numbers were reduced by the emigration of the Loyalists and their power was lessened.

  70. There is something to be said for both sides, and doubtless the truth lies between them, for there were forces making for disintegration as well as for unification.

  71. Naval forces are military forces or militia that serve on sea.

  72. During this journey another priest, the Abbe Cabanel, united his forces with those of Jasmin and Masson.

  73. All my spare time, you will observe, is occupied; and though I may be tired out by my journeys, I will endeavour to rally my forces and do all that I can for you.

  74. Ruth's heart was very sore about the going over of the American expeditionary forces at this time, too.

  75. This training all the junior, as well as senior, officers of the American expeditionary forces were having, for this was an altogether new warfare that was being waged on the shell-swept fields of France and Belgium.

  76. She could not remonstrate, having full occasion for all her forces to keep her feet and her breath.

  77. Speak Thou, and all the embattled forces of the universe will obey Thine autocratic and sovereign behest,' they 'hearken to His commandments, and do the voice of His word.

  78. But when that divine spark enters into men's hearts, then natural endowments are heightened into supernatural gifts, and new forces are developed, and new powers are bestowed and the earthen vessel is filled with new treasure.

  79. And sure I am that there are men and women in this audience at this time who have let their lives be determined by forces that have swept them away from God.

  80. It is no unusual thing for antagonists to join forces in order to crush a third person obnoxious to both.

  81. He who moves the forces of Deity still from His throne lets us move His heart by our cry.

  82. Microscopic crystals and gigantic ones are due to the same forces working in the same fashion.

  83. This is your hour' lets us see man overarched by the abyss of the heavens, 'and the power of darkness' lets us see the deep and awful forces that are working beneath and surging upwards into humanity, and opens the subterranean volcanoes.

  84. He forces Himself on no man; He withholds Himself from no man.

  85. There is a 'correlation and equivalence between external forces and the mental forces generated by them under the form of sensations'.

  86. When Spencer spoke of social forces he had in view changes which take place within a field of social relationships.

  87. From the beginning, the decomposition of every expended force into several forces has been perpetually producing a higher complication, and thus Progress is not an accident but a beneficent necessity.

  88. It was through this lifelong series of experiments that Faraday won his knowledge and mastered the forces of nature.

  89. He forces them to appear in public face to face; he drags them triumphantly after him as if anxious to glory openly in his double adultery!

  90. The other brother and his two accomplices succeeded in fleeing to a place of safety--the camp of the young William of Orange, who was appointed commandant of the land forces when the war broke out against France and England.

  91. And yet, without pity for the laceration of the hearts of those three women, he forces them to gulp down the affront put upon them, to silently swallow their mutual jealousy and resentment, to smother their shame.

  92. All this armada arrived at Manila at a time when it was quite certainly known that Kinsie was not undertaking any such attacks, and was quite destitute of forces to do so.


  93. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forces" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    army; array; firepower; forces; hands; host; men; military; personnel; regular; reinforcement; serviceman; soldiery; troop; troops; unit