force the pace in a sentence
Examples
- His voice rising and speaking with intensity, he criticized what he called " forcing the pace of NATO expansion ."
- Both batsmen fell to the medium pace of Jacob Oram, 2-48, trying to force the pace in the closing overs.
- Boeta Dippenaar tried to force the pace but was dismissed for 11, lofting a catch to deep point off Price.
- The second half began with Barcelona again trying to force the pace although its shooting was limited to tame long-range efforts.
- Rindel tried to force the pace, but could not hit a single boundary as he battled 61 minutes for his runs.
- My plan was to force the pace during the first few laps and pull away from my rivals, and I did it,
- Instead of forcing the pace, he kept it slow, allowing Capot to have just enough left to withstand Ponder's fast late charge.
- After a slow first hour, Greg Blewett and Mark Waugh tried to force the pace, remaining unbeaten on 30 and 17 respectively.
- With the semifinal now in Madrid's favor, Bilbao needed to force the pace but was rocked by a second goal seven minutes later.
- Skipper Mohammad Azharuddin ( 20 ) and left-hander Vinod Kambli ( 30 ) batted with purpose but never looked like forcing the pace.