How to Use force on/upon in a Sentence

force on/upon

phrasal verb

• Task force on Trump assassination attempts to hold first House hearing Thursday.
  — Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024
• The stars and stripes were out in force on the Fourth of July.
  — Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
• Michael Koman, who are leading the force on the spinoff.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
• She was still booked and busy, a stunning force on the runway.
  — Elyssa Maxx Goodman, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
• The stars and stripes were out in full force on Friday in honor of Flag Day.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
• Prigozhin was the head of the Wagner Group, which ran a key mercenary force on the ground in Ukraine.
  — TIME, 29 Feb. 2024
• Player to watch/Foxborough: Collins is a force on both ends for the Warriors.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• The White House task force on drug shortages hasn’t stepped in to referee.
  — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 24 Aug. 2023
• Taylor has been a force on Mainstream Rock Airplay through the years, though.
  — Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
• At the depth the Titanic is at, the force on every square inch on its broken hull is about 5,500 pounds.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2023
• This means there will be another force on the balloon, an air drag force.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 15 Feb. 2021
• At 6 feet and 315 pounds, Arzola was a force on offense.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
• Fesperman had been appointed to the police force on the day he was killed.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
• The mere act of running creates a force on the ankle roughly 2½ times the person’s body weight, which in the case of Mahomes would be about 570 pounds.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• Second, the shape of the dome channels wind around it, depriving that wind of a flat surface to exert force on.
  — Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
• In classical mechanics, the Sun exerts a force on the Earth equal in magnitude to the force that the Earth exerts back on the Sun.
  — Larry M. Silverberg, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• In 2019, Grusch was asked to lead a government task force on UAP sightings.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 July 2023
• Adams will be a force on special teams, and contribute on defense.
  — cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023
• In a sport where many top athletes stand about 6 feet tall, Crouser uses his 6-foot-7 frame for more leverage and force on throws.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
• Since the Open era began, the only singles player to accomplish that tour de force on the men’s side is Rod Laver, who did so in 1969.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Farmer's walks target your grip, upper back, and core without putting force on your lower back.
  — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 4 May 2023
• Unlike true leaf rakes, the Hooyman bow rake weighs in at 4.8 pounds for exerting force on denser substances.
  — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• Garber announced the formation of the task force on January 19, just 38 days ago.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
• Haimes led Roundabout for four decades and turned the company into a major force on Broadway.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
• Young explains that the swinging birds exerted as much force on their beaks as a swinging gibbon does on its arm, if not more.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
• Kundananji was a force on the left side all night on Friday while Bay FC continued to look dangerous working the ball in from the flank.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
• When your neck is bent in a 45 degree angle looking down at your computer, your head can exert up to 50 pounds of force on your neck.
  — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
• And Latin music has remained a force on streaming — so much that 2023 seems to be the biggest year for number one Latin hits on Spotify.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
• Credit for not playing the roundball lottery and playing with some force on offense.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
• The stress of moving from the medium of air to the much denser medium of water exerts a huge force on the bird's body, with an impact akin to tornadoes hitting the water.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024