Sentence examples for had overwhelming force from inspiring English sources
Security forces had overwhelming force on their side.
Being cast as Goliath is fine if your strategy is based on demonstrating that you have overwhelming force and that you can make your audience do what you want if they don't play ball.
But it is the Saudis and their coalition partners, mainly Gulf Arab countries including the United Arab Emirates, who have overwhelming force.
Matching conventional forces to Soviet conventional capabilities had to take note of two facts: First, the Soviet Union had overwhelming superiority in conventional forces.
Because most sitting governments have overwhelming military force at their disposal, the methods citizens have to protect the "security of a free state" today have nothing to do with guns in the hands of civilians.
"We've had overwhelming response".
The extreme caution that characterises General Powell's thinking and is the inspiration of his "doctrine"—which says America should intervene only when it has both overwhelming force and an exit strategy was born of his experience in Vietnam.
They have employed overwhelming force and "shock-and awe".
But this is very much a losing proposition; Russia has assembled overwhelming force, and would be able to easily match or exceed any buildup the United States and NATO may embark on.
How different things might have been if we had used the overwhelming force needed to find Osama bin Laden and his associates when we had the choice and the chance.
