The ribs of the beast were forced apart as the head and arms of a man burst from its gut.

The two were forced apart during the Little War when he was only a teenager and he is now desperately trying to find her.

They fall in love on a trip to Egypt but are soon forced apart by their parents.

As new growth occurs in the centre of the pseudostem the edges are forced apart.

And why, I wonder as I sit alone in a darkened house, have we been forced apart?

McGrath's legs were forced apart at a right angle.

The great bloated trunks of the cream-of-tartar trees had forced the black boulders apart.

As her skirt came away she felt her thighs being forced apart.

Families and friends were forced apart, and then lost to each other.

During expansion the molecules are forced apart, resulting in the decreased pressure and density.