forceful
IPA: fˈɔrsfʌɫ
adjective
- Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
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Examples of "forceful" in Sentences
- Not only were the dissents "forceful" -- aren't they all?
- The native lay flat on the bed, breathing in short, forceful gasps.
- But the Americans wanted something forceful, so they used the Greek word ` bourthes. '
- But Baris stood quietly, his expression forceful, his gaze unblinking when met by Klingon eyes.
- Progressives worry Obama may not get another high court pick, and urge him to name a forceful advocate for the left.
- She had what is sometimes called a forceful personality -- unsmiling, economical in her movements, decisive in her actions.
- He flirted with the idea of forceful solutions, as best we know never quite ordering one but directing the security services to prepare options, dropping hints, thinking out loud.
- For the Darwinian and Spencerian motifs are clearly not discussed either in forceful or clear terms, except as London wishes to impress his audience with the plasticity of the individual.
- It pleaded in forceful terms for respect of the Geneva Convention rights of enemy soldiers, civilians and irregular combatants on the East Front, mustering a series of arguments that bear remarkable similarity to a memorandum sent by Colin Powell to President Bush sixty years later.
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