forced entrance
Example Sentences
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He penetrated the underbrush, noting where the broken branches had been bent upright after the forced entrance of the car, the better to hide it.
From Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
The forced entrance of the Baron had thrown consternation into the family.
From The American Baron by De Mille, James
He had peremptorily banished Esmé Elliot from his heart and his hopes, though she still forced entrance to his thoughts and would not be denied, there, the precarious rights of an undesired guest.
From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge
Judge Oliver, the incumbent, refused to recognize his claim, and Miller invoked the ever-responsive military powers; the soldiers forced entrance to the office and inducted the claimant.
From When the Ku Klux Rode by Damer, Eyre
How far away that silent waiting at the cloister door, the clamour at the gate, the forced entrance, the slipping away through the church!
From The King's Achievement by Benson, Robert Hugh
