Sentence examples for absorbing the force from inspiring English sources

By absorbing the force of the blast, he saved the lives of an estimated six of his fellow Marines.

But before it was anything shaped by humans, that ground was the kind of natural place that, this week showed, we urgently need: salt marsh, a living bumper that would protect the lands behind it by absorbing the force of surging tides.

Absorbing the force of Father Universe.

In the soft landing, participants were instructed to "land softly, absorbing the force at landing"; in the stiff landing, participants were instructed to "land stiffly, without absorbing the force at landing".

The sensors detect and disperse the force of collisions, while the magnet will help by spreading and absorbing the force.

If he chooses the Dark Side, he kills Tavion, fights and defeats (but does not kill) Katarn, and then flees with Tavion's staff, which is capable of absorbing the Force.

Thomas and the Garden absorbed the force of losses on the court and in court.

In 2004 and 2005, the area of Volusia County in central Florida absorbed the force of several strong hurricanes.

Perhaps we should be thinking of foam rubberlike compressible material that absorbs the force of the collision before it reaches the skull.

On the drive back to Baghdad, he showed me the gnarled guardrail on a bridge where a roadside bomb nearly killed him in 2008; a passing truck absorbed the force of the blast.

Williams eventually bounced to his feet and the Yankees' trainers believe the center fielder is going to be O.K.; the helmet seemed to absorb the force of the fastball, although it raised a sizeable knot on his head.