How to Use forced in a Sentence

forced

adjective

• At first, John Gracey might come across as a bit forced or stagey as Dan.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• Tied for third in the league in forced fumbles, recording five on the season.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• Gusty winds up to 40 mph forced parts of Interstate 70 to be closed down east of Denver.
  — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2019
• Lee had a monstrous first half with three tackles for loss and a forced fumble.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
• The forced implementation of this idea led to years of famine.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 June 2022
• Those, too, forced evacuations, and are believed to be spot fires of the Glass Fire.
  — NBC News, 28 Sep. 2020
• And there in forced perspective, in the half light, in the dimmed down bulbs of my makeup mirror sat this burned old bald man.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023
• The Hardland of America slogan plastered across the top of the building still sounds forced to me.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 30 July 2019
• The notes of forced and artificial Eat, Freeze, Love charm added to the character just don’t work.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2022
• Quieter passages were often quite lovely, but too much of the rest was too loud and too forced.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 3 June 2023
• Yes, something about the whole setup is charade-y, a little forced, but that’s Kanye’s way.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2022
• Sherman knew about Ford, who had 13 sacks and an NFL-high seven forced fumbles last year.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• His six picks were tops in the AAC and, along with his three forced fumbles, earned him first-team all-conference honors.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Dylan Ruiz leads the way with 51 total tackles, 16 sacks and three forced fumbles.
  — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• More than 340 companies have signed a pledge to keep their supply chains free of forced labor.
  — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• The lone blemish was a forced throw that safety Brandon Joseph intercepted in the end zone in the final minute of the first half.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2021
• Meanwhile, China has vowed to oppose a forced sale of the company.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
• His 28 tackles are more than twice as many as any of his teammates and the total includes two forced fumbles.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
• The forced pause of the pandemic has made a lot of us look at what in our lives was not working, and commit to leaving those things behind.
  — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 3 May 2021
• Aho played three seasons at SMU and produced 43 tackles (7.5 for loss), five sacks and two forced fumbles.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
• Ryan did not live at the home, but police found no evidence of a forced entry, police said.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• McGregor recorded 26 tackles, nine of which went for loss to go with 4.5 sacks and a forced fumble.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
• Many of his misses were open looks; others appeared a little more forced.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2022
• The large fire that bears a famous museum's name – the Getty Fire – has so far forced thousands to evacuate the area.
  — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
• Union officials have said such a death was inevitable because of short staffing and the forced overtime that guards are working.
  — Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2019
• Union officials have said such a death was inevitable because of short staffing and the forced overtime guards are working.
  — Devlin Barrett, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• Responding officers found forced entry was made through the front glass door of the store, police said.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2024
• Her voice took on the forced lightness of someone trying to convince herself of something.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
• In both small and large cotton operations, the problem of forced and child labor persists despite calls for change.
  — Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2024
• Mendoza pleaded guilty in 2021 in federal court in Brunswick, just five miles from the kidnapping site, to conspiracy to engage in forced labor.
  — Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024