Sentence examples for forced it open from inspiring English sources

They could not get inside because the door was jammed, so they forced it open, they said.

If the bird still won't open its mouth, gently force it open.

The event remains one of the most powerful symbols of what China considers its humiliation when Western nations tried to force it open in the 19th century.

Consider the messenger who saw me leaning against a heavy door to force it open.

The door had been prised ajar and now it needed someone to force it open, one of Ponting's seamers.

They tried to force it open, which made me release the grip I had on the gate.

A passerby saw him – and the taxi driver – trying to force it open and called the police.

Kaufmann, worried that she was not answering repeated knocks at her door, ordered the servants to force it open.

I went to open the door which seemed a little stiff, so I put all my weight behind it to force it open.

The key to the apartment worked the way it always had, but something was blocking the door, and he had to force it open.

But to use a drug in interrogation one has to penetrate the individual mind — not shut it down but force it open — and an enemy who knew the effects of a drug might be better able to resist it.