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
  • But in the strong force, there are three fundamental types of charge.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • But for the first time in many years, there are strong forces seeking to drive those surpluses down.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • The strong force treats both identically.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Nor does it get involved with the strong force—the one that holds atomic nuclei together.
    — The Economist, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Thanks for being a strong force and positive influence in my life.
    — Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Australian women proved to be a strong force in the country’s elections this weekend.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 May 2022
  • The telescope, though, was soon to meet with unusually strong forces of nature.
    — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 15 June 2018
  • Quarks cling to one another through the strong force so mightily they cannot be isolated.
    — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2019
  • 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
  • The original point of axions was to solve a mystery involving the strong force.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 May 2024
  • These quarks are held together by the strong force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature.
    — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Kalbitz said the party hopes to become the strongest force there after state elections next year.
    — Christoph Noelting, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But recently physicists have made real progress in measuring the strong force.
    — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • To do so, gravity needs to overcome the very strong forces that create bonds inside atoms and give matter its structure.
    — Stephen Dikerby, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
  • 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
  • The command has maintained a strong force presence in the region, alongside the Chinese coast guard.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The article describes the strong force as constant beyond a certain distance.
    — Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • There are eight massless gluons that mediate the strong force, and no other particles are involved in it.
    — Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
  • They are governed by the strong force, which binds protons and neutrons together inside the atomic nuclei.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026

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