Forcing

Examples

• Somebody, I says, is forcing of a door, or window; what's to be done? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Is that not rather a hot-house forcing style? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The smoke from the fire was forcing me further and further back down the corridor toward the waters which I could hear surging through the darkness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• And yet most of us accept as a matter of course the stream which gushes from our faucet, or give no thought to the ingenuity which devised a means of forcing water upward through pipes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• But all mines must be ventilated by forcing air through them with a fan, and this air must be in sufficient quantity to keep the percentage of gas below a dangerous standard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The three rushed me with the evident purpose of forcing me back the few steps that would carry my body over the rail into the void below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Cities situated in plains and remote from mountains are obliged to utilize the water of such streams as flow through the land, forcing it to the necessary height by means of pumps. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• If I do come back, said he, forcing a languid smile, mind let me find you married, and rich enough to lend me an occasional hundred pounds or two. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They are forcing them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Your Grace still believes me desirous of the honour I might obtain by forcing myself on you as your despised relative? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The first ones had been caused by some one forcing an instrument through the slit between the sashes, and the second by the catch being pressed back. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• We accordingly brought him back to the deck, and restored him to animation by rubbing him with brandy, and forcing him to swallow a small quantity. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Its inclined top gave the pallet a little push so that the first pallet was locked, forcing the fork and roller, and the balance and hair spring, to move in the opposite direction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Beg pardon; of course, only a joke, you know, said Haley, forcing a laugh. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I should never deserve her confidence again, after forcing from her a confession of what is meant at present to be unacknowledged to any one. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Gathering, gathering along the narrow street, came a hollow, measured sound; now forcing itself on their attention. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• After dodging me for all these weeks and forcing me to climb the roof here like a tom cat and to come to see you as a doctor? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Hancock reconnoitred his front on the morning of the 10th, with the view of forcing a crossing, if it was found that an advantage could be gained. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He was putting her in a trap, forcing her hand. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The law would never have made Pesca the means of forcing a confession from the Count. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He had rejected the plan of using paddles or oars, and also of forcing water out of the stern of the vessel, and had retained the idea of the paddle-wheel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The tears were forcing their way into my eyes in spite of me--the horror of it was to be endured no longer. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Presently our downward motion ceased, and I could hear the propellers swirling through the water at our stern and forcing us ahead at high speed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• But this cannot be done without forcing some part of the capital of Great Britain into a round-about foreign trade of consumption. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In the state of my feelings at that moment, I do sincerely believe that she had hit on the only possible way of forcing me to leave the room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Besides, threats were uttered of forcing me to return to bondage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Affery, who had been trembling and struggling the whole time, turned a deaf ear to all adjuration, and was bent on forcing herself out of the closet. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I have run over to look after my--my Chancery interests before the long vacation, said Richard, forcing a careless laugh. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A persistent idea has been forcing itself on my attention, ever since last night, that something will yet happen to prevent the marriage. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This was the man who had been the main instrument in forcing his sister to wed me; well knowing that her heart was given to that puling boy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Edited by Enrico