"forge a sense" is a valid and grammatically correct phrase in written English.
It means to create or form a feeling or understanding. Example: The leader of the group worked hard to forge a sense of unity and purpose among its members.
That, and Islam, helped forge a sense of nationhood.
Apparently now, in this new context, we can also expect to be called in our collective efforts to forge a sense of new direction.
It even helped to forge a sense of national identity by reinforcing the notion that Americans were a chosen people, beneficiaries of God's special grace.
By carefully creating a set of race-based privileges, these officials helped forge a sense of white unity among often-divided European ethnicities, defined by their access to political and economic power.
Sharon's harder task, after the exposure of the Oslo fraud, is to forge a sense of unity and purpose among Jewish and Arab Israelis at home and among Israel supporters abroad.
A chink in the armour Waiting for the knock on the door Homeless and homesick Heavy petting No brotherly love The war heats up Reprints Related items Sri Lanka's war: The northern frontOct 4th 2007Potentially more dangerous in the east is the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, as the area's Muslims strive to forge a sense of independent identity.
Most of all, Vaughan forged a sense of camaraderie in England's cricket team which they have struggled to emulate.
It also connects home life to public and global space, forging a sense of being linked to others.
In the aftermath of the attack, grief and pain have forged a sense of community in a way that comfort and prosperity never did.
Its struggles forged a sense of national identity that is still alive in poetry and folk art, and in rural pagodas where children burn joss sticks before the statues of fabled heroes and heroines.
He talked openly about his early homosexual experiences in Morocco (where it is a crime) and about the difficulties of forging a sense of identity in a country that sees individualism as a threat.
