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Example sentences for "sheer force"

  • It was the design of Admiral Jolar to surround us and capture or destroy the Polar King by sheer force of numbers.

  • They hoped to either kill or capture us by sheer force of superior numbers.

  • Ere we could again discharge our guns, several of our men were beaten down by sheer force of numbers.

  • If she had had anything to work with, even so much as one yard of material, she would have made over the old gown; but she had absolutely nothing, and so she determined to overcome her necessities by sheer force of will.

  • During these months his screw had become known, having been pushed persistently by the enterprising young lawyer who aspired to patent business in the beginning, and having held its own since by sheer force of merit.

  • Then that bull among the sons of Pandu overcame in battle, by sheer force, the great king Kratha reigning in the region lying about Suparsa.

  • And the mighty son of Kunti then subjugated, by sheer force, the country called Vatsabhumi, and the king of the Bhargas, as also the ruler of the Nishadas and Manimat and numerous other kings.

  • And the son of Pandu, by sheer force, reduced to subjection the Ramathas, the Harahunas, and various kings of the west.

  • By sheer force of ability and eloquence, he rose into great prominence in southern Spanish America, and was rewarded for his successful labours in Tucuman by being appointed Bishop of Paraguay.

  • By sheer force of will and attention to detail, he organised an efficient regular army.

  • Garay, by sheer force of energy and fitness, became the real ruler of the settlements.

  • One heavy block of many tons’ weight was carried to a considerable distance, and must have been torn out of its place by sheer force, as several of the broken fragments were found left in the pier.

  • So we went back to the first aid post--me holding those khaki trousers up by sheer force of will, and both hands!

  • So we went back--me holding those khaki trousers up by sheer force of will and both hands!

  • Illustration: So we went back--me holding those khaki trousers up by sheer force of will and both hands!

  • No one had sufficient courage to harm him, though all their former admiration for him was turned to fear and hatred; but, by sheer force of numbers, they made it impossible for him to escape.

  • He wanted so many men to believe him that there would be such a rush to the Musgraves that they would escape, by sheer force of numbers, from the terrible fate of the lonely prospectors.

  • After trying to pull up the runaway by sheer force, he realized that he was only wasting his strength, and making it go faster.

  • The engineer now found that nothing remained but to sink numerous additional shafts over the line of the tunnel at the points at which it crossed the quicksand, and endeavor to master the water by sheer force of engines and pumps.

  • One block of many tons' weight was carried to a considerable distance, and must have been torn out of its place by sheer force, as several of the broken fragments were found left in the pier.

  • Some artists seem to have come at it by sheer force of imagination, unaided by anything without them; they have needed no material ladder to help them out of matter.

  • These prefer to say that what the artist surprises behind form, or seizes by sheer force of imagination, is the all-pervading rhythm that informs all things; and I have said that I will never quarrel with that blessed word "rhythm.

  • Some artists come at it through the appearance of things, some by a recollection of appearance, and some by sheer force of imagination.

  • By sheer force of will he had won his way, had risen above adverse circumstances, had fought down obstacles, and conquered opposing powers.

  • As occasion occurred this man's soul rose higher and ever higher; beseeching, imploring, commanding, by sheer force of example did he point out the way to the weaker spirits by whom he was surrounded.

  • Like the Barbarossas before him, he rose from nothing to the height to which he eventually attained by sheer force of intellect and character.

  • To obtain such recognition was no easy matter, and the manner in which this was done, by those who rose by sheer force of character to the summit of this remarkable hierarchy, has here been set forth.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    admitted that; another plantation; each feeding; follow after; four onions; gesture language; going right; great surprise; large doses; los cuales; once thought; pay him; quite safe; religious houses; said the old woman; she ain; sheer force; sheer weight; short period; sich like; small figure; well and; yellow crystalline