Read full poem →18 'Now, Tonson, list thy forces all,
Review them, and tell noses:
Dictionary Entry
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
In a Sentence
“the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. forcesforces armedforces militaryforces socialforces market
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Poetry examples for “forces”
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Read full poem →His wine-bright waves from her vineyards’ fold,
Frail forces we find 115%
To bridle the spirit of Gods or bind
Read full poem →The fountain forces, whence like steeds that start
Leap forth the powers of earth and fire and air,
Read full poem →To them a city is a prison house
Where pent up human forces labour and strive,
Where beauty dwells not, driven forth by man;
Read full poem →What instinct forces man to journey on,
Urged by a longing blind but dominant!
Read full poem →A million forces ignore me, I know not why,
I am drunken with it all.
Read full poem →But it is over, all that! I have slunk from the perilous field in
Whose wild struggle of forces the prizes of life are contested.
It is over, all that! I am a coward, and know it.
Read full poem →Nor want for justly matching words.
All forces of the sea and air,
All interests of hill and plain,
Read full poem →Guantanimo (June 14). Of the preliminary fights
our forces suffered the most at this place. The Americans
fought under great disadvantage but witha fierce daring
Read full poem →of the protocol provided for the evacuation of the Span-
ish forces, the meeting of a peace commission of five
from each country at Paris not later than Oct. Ist, and