Sentence examples for force it closer from inspiring English sources

The boats started dead even with New Zealand to leeward, and New Zealand hooked Oracle to force it closer to the wind.

Sensing something suspicious about them, Mr. Niehous ran to the door and tried to force it closed.

The idea was to force Europe closer together politically by forcing it closer together monetarily — in effect, to engineer one of Monnet's crises, the ones that would build Europe.

Someone snatches a small but sturdy umbrella from inside their "Fallcraven" backpack and forces it, closed, into your mouth; and then they try to open it.

Forcing it closed, and then fully open again can cause weeping, leaks, and breakage.

Its creditors could force it to close, with its assets — principally its valuable Village real estate — sold off to satisfy some of its $700 million debt.

In Mississippi, the state's only abortion clinic is battling new regulations that its leader says could force it to close.

Ilva had said that the investigation would force it to close the plant.

The Commission for Social Care Inspection yesterday obtained an urgent order from Southampton Magistrates Court to force it to close.

Lack of a budget may force it to close next Friday, the eve of a scheduled one‐week vacation.

It is now late September, and the pass should remain open for two more months before the winter snows force it to close.