Sentence examples for overwhelming force in from inspiring English sources

Most commanding Army generals think of overwhelming force in terms of winning the game 63-0.

This means jettisoning the idea of overwhelming force in favor of small units that are not "elite" but rather "good enough" to tangle with terrorist teams.

When she evokes a force of nature, it's not an overwhelming force: in a slow-funk ballad called "Leaf" she promises to be "Lighter than a leaf in your pocket/I'll be the air".

Unless enough financial support is potentially available to Greece from its European partners and, preferably, the IMF, the Europeans will have violated the Powell doctrine which calls for applying overwhelming force in a crisis to prevent it from spreading.

"Our ability to project technical superiority and overwhelming force in a short period of time at the outset of the Iraq war was driven by reliance on contractors, who can move very quickly," Schooner says.

On the politico-military side there is the lesson of Vietnam, which treats incrementalism as a recipe for failure and mandates that the military be sent in only as an overwhelming force, in pursuit of clear and genuine national interests.

According to Royce, "By refusing to surrender to endless threats and centuries of oppression, the Tatar people continue to give hope to all those around the world who are battling overwhelming forces in defense of their homes and freedom".

S is for shock and awe -- a term used by the American military to describe its strategy in Iraq, unleashing swift and overwhelming force early in a conflict to defeat the enemy quickly.

But Israeli officials and Palestinian witnesses said there was little resistance here as the overwhelming force swept in before dawn.

After a year of steadily declining ratings for both its cable and broadcast shows, wrestling no longer seems the overwhelming force it was in the late 1990's.

C1 Down, but Not Crying Uncle After a year of declining television ratings, professional wrestling no longer seems the overwhelming force it was in the late 1990's.