How to Use the forces in a Sentence

the forces

plural noun
  • Where will the forces be stationed?
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
  • Rhaenyra leads the forces of Team Black.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • But the idea is always that it was made by the forces here at home.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • To prove the forces and powers that be wrong about my worth and value.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Here’s a closer look at the forces that drove last week’s action.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 May 2026
  • Rieder has been studying the forces that move the bond market for decades.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Will the forces of nature bring him and his family down?
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • None of the forces that actually drive the trade changed here.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Her mother stopped the forces at the front door while Zahra and her father hid.
    — Mary Ann Koruth, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
  • And of course the forces that tear them apart, including the class divide between them.
    — Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2024
  • New Labour was often accused of failing to invest in the forces.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Away from the office, the forces that knuckle you under are far more nebulous.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The isolationism of that day merged with the forces of economic protest.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Cores taken near such faults help scientists understand the forces that cause these events.
    — Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
  • On Tuesday, the forces from the two sides briefly exchanged fire along their border in the northwest.
    — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Israel will stand against the forces of barbarism until victory.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Mysterious and very powerful mecha have been dug up by the forces of Marder.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Or the forces of capitalism that invited the acclaim in the first place?
    — Longreads, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Taken as a whole, the archive reads like a multi-act tragedy in which humans confront the forces of nature.
    — Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Even in the old days, critics were battling the forces of creeping niceness, and not always winning.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 May 2025
  • On the sunny side of Earth, the forces are in opposite directions.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
  • One of the forces behind this backlash is the fossil fuels industry.
    — David Atkin, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • To protect him from the forces of evil, the young Adam has been kept hidden on Earth (his mom's home planet).
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026

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