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