Sentence examples for force into action from inspiring English sources

In the end O'Brien, apparently acting on what he thought was a UN resolution, ordered the UN peacekeeping force into action against the mercenaries and against Katanga's secession.

"They went into battle with a plan that put a huge air and sea force into action with an unbalanced ground combat force".

When the Second World War broke out, the RCN, yet again, was the first Canadian military force into action, and it formed the mainstay of the Canadian effort for the first two years of the war.

In the gray light of a summer dawn, the invaders threw their great American force into action here, quickly taking the beach with their blue flags, white beach chairs and wood-slat cabanas, a sturdy if sumptuous operating base from which to storm this seaside resort — conference room by conference room, rooftop bar by rooftop bar.

When Scott's 5th Virginia tried to gobble up the small party, Erskine rushed his large force into action.

Many characters were forced into action on their own.

Christine Joy Ritter moves with animalistic force, the princess's id unleashed and forced into action.

Mr Immelt should seize the initiative, not wait to be forced into action.

But if Israel feels itself forced into action, the retaliation would be bearable, he said.

Still, speculation grew Friday that Europe might be forced into action.

They felt "forced into action by the state's inaction," Mr. Sherman said.