How to Use force field in a Sentence

force field

noun
  • The first two times, Ohio State got red-zone stops to force field goals.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The vaccines aren’t a force field that wards off all things covid.
    oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2021
  • There is a force field of grief around him, and nothing to do but mount up and start the long ride back to camp.
    Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 30 Dec. 2020
  • There is a force field of grief around him, and nothing to do but mount up and start the long ride back to camp.
    Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Twice, the Frogs forced field goals on Arkansas drives that reached inside the 5-yard line.
    Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 9 Sep. 2017
  • During the first quarter, the Beavers bent, but twice stopped Arizona inside the red zone and forced field goals.
    oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Indy forced field goals on each of Houston’s first three trips inside the red zone.
    Michael Marot, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Thanks to the fiery Lawrence, the angel becomes a force field, sure, but she is denied the chance to truly take control.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Confined by an electric force field, the ion hovers 30 microns above the surface of the chip.
    Sophia Chen, WIRED, 20 June 2019
  • See the latex as a force field between your bandage and the enemy: the soapy water, the citrus juice, the raw meat.
    Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The headphone force field can also help signal the inverse—that a nearby stranger doesn’t pose a threat.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • Heat domes bring hot, sinking air and act as a force field that diverts the jet stream north into Canada.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 25 July 2022
  • Behind them, the secondary created a force field that sealed off the deeper halves.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Breaking through against Vasilevskiy’s force field, the Bruins overcame an early deficit and first knotted the game at 16:58 of the second.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • That leaves Clooney and Roberts to do the heavy lifting on a script that might easily float away without their movie-star force field to hold it in place.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • But my mother edged around to the front and sat down, her unflappable smile a force field against derision.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • So much of Biden's future hangs on Trump because that sort of force field around Biden is, sort of, emboldened by Trump.
    ABC News, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Most people listen alone, sealed away in their car or behind the force field of noise-cancelling earbuds.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The overall impact of the place creates a force field that’s greater than any individual that tries to put its mark on it.
    Karrie Jacobs, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2023
  • His powers were drained keeping the force field and Justice Society out of the fray, despite their efforts to bust out.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Gold medals don’t provide some magical force field from those rooting against you.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Once a sculpture is installed, there’s no escaping it: We’re in the round, force fields interacting — me, you and this thing.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • This season, goalkeeper McLaughlin has been the loneliest lad on the pitch for the most part as the Wildcats defense has seemingly formed a force field around the pipes.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The three points was a nod to the UC defense, who forced field goals on two of Tulsa's three trips into the red zone and forced five turnovers to prop up an inconsistent Bearcats' offense.
    Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Michigan State got caught with 12 guys on the field, via review, on an overtime-forcing field goal—but give Herm Edwards credit.
    Albert Breer, SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The Irish scored on four of five first-half possessions, but four offensive line penalties, including three for false starts, bogged down the drives and forced field goals.
    John Fineran, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • In that film, his avatar, Sammy, is only beginning to understand how a camera can throw up a force field between him and the world.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Over the ensuing years Lopez has seemed to gather a force field around her, as if weaponized against derisive scrutiny.
    Rob Haskell, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The magnitude of the force fields that surround open secrets—in this case, rampant harassment and abuse—should amaze everyone and no one.
    Habiba Alcindor, The Root, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Its precise descriptions of force fields and antimatter cannons seemed ready-made for the screen.
    Samuel Horti, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023

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