Sentence examples for respond with force from inspiring English sources

"When threatened, we must respond with force," he said.

They would respond with force to even minor offenses.

To avoid further infringement of its hegemony, Carthage had little choice but to respond with force.

If the government were to respond with force, he promised it suicide-bombings.

North Korea has threatened to respond with force to any Security Council action.

America couldn't easily respond with force as it would in response to, say, a nuclear attack.

Any other nation under such outrageous attack would also respond with force.

British diplomats feared India would respond with force to the attacks but the US thought the UK was "over-reacting".

Mr. Tan, the governor, said the government would respond with force if Abu Sayyaf carried out its threat.

And it became clear that we had to be able to respond with force against attacks on Americans.

This led the government to respond with force-feeding.