Example Sentences

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Liam Sinclair, professor of animal science at Harper Adams University, said economic pressures had been forcing dairy farms to increase herd size for the past 50 years.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, who had been forcing smiles all week, flashed real ones when they heard that their silver medals in the ferociously disputed pairs skating event would be traded in for gold.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover, even before she learned of our proposal, the X-ray evidence had been forcing her more than she cared to admit toward a helical structure.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Having finished a pear she had been forcing herself to eat, Caroline looked inquiringly from Blackburn to Mrs. Timberlake.

From The Builders by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Our fires were in excellent condition, for the fireman had been forcing them for twenty minutes.

From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Optic, Oliver