Exerting force or influence.
1The enemy are in possession of the heights of Fredericksburg in force.
2The ban remains in force, however, for imports from seven other counties.
3They were unfinished when the Rebels appeared in force in the vicinity.
4The women were out in force, and the children in evidence everywhere.
5The only law in force here was the law of the tribe.
6But a ban on general tourism to Cuba will remain in force.
7A Snow Watch is in force for the lower South Island today.
8The restraining order remains in force until further order of the court.
9Food rationing remained in force and building materials were in short supply.
10If the enemy are in force, hold the hut to the last.
11The feeling of the return of strength was his love in force.
12The wind was about south, about eight miles an hour in force.
13And the company might never enter the town in force at all.
14It is not, however, in force in many of the American jurisdictions.
15The men of New England gathered in force to fight the Indians.
16Early in the following spring, Verdugo again appeared before Coeworden in force.