How to Use force on/upon in a Sentence

force on/upon

phrasal verb
  • 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
  • Some designs have shock absorbers, which ease the force on your joints.
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The net force on an object changes the object’s motion.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The Greek Freak has ditched the three for more brute-force twos, and the Knicks — like most teams — had a tough time stopping his force on Friday.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The higher levy is due to come into force on Wednesday.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
  • Except, Vladislav Gavrikov has been a defensive force on the top pair.
    — Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The heavier a vehicle is, the bigger the force upon impact in a crash.
    — Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • These are the paths worn by poachers, who’ve been a devastating force on the landscape.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2025
  • For nearly a decade, Pride was a steady presence at the heart of Bobcat football — a guiding force on the field and in the lives of his players.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025
  • As the spacecraft passes through this lowest point, the air exerts a drag force on it, which reduces the stretch of the orbit over time.
    — Piyush Mehta, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
  • 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
  • Paton recently added a pedal clutch and a rear brake as well, to minimize the force on the front wheel.
    — New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The Sharks hope Vlasic can become a stabilizing force on the back end.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • It’s got nothing to do with the weight and everything to do with the soft cushioning and low clamping force on the headband.
    — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • 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

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