How to Use forcefully in a Sentence

forcefully

adverb

• Near the end of the first half, he was sacked and thrown to the ground forcefully.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2022
• But the Black Forest cake speaks forcefully for the past.
  — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 17 June 2022
• Four of the justices warned that the court should have acted more forcefully to block such laws.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2021
• Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right.
  — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 9 June 2022
• The focus now shifts to how forcefully the Fed should respond.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• At the heart of the process is Gwija, who subtly but forcefully becomes the center of the book.
  — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• McKinstry picks him up by the backs of his arms and appears to forcefully lift him up and drop him in his chair.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
• Unions have pushed back forcefully against these steps.
  — Josiah Bates, Time, 27 Aug. 2021
• Whiplash occurs when the head is forcefully jerked back and forth due to a sudden impact.
  — Thomas J. Henry Personal Injury Law, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Judge Jackson forcefully pushed back against the claims.
  — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
• Purse your lips, exhale forcefully, and drop your ribs down.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• China has pushed back forcefully on suggestions the virus emerged from the Wuhan lab.
  — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2021
• She’s spoken forcefully about the need for La Mesa to be a climate change leader.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
• For example, the kick drum and vocals push through the mix a little too forcefully.
  — PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
• Ellis-Brown returned to the Shake Shack and forcefully tried to take his phone back from the driver who was in possession.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
• Biden allies have pushed back forcefully on those claims.
  — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
• Shoving his taser in her back, Martin took Jacqueline to the ground and forcefully handcuffed her.
  — Alexa Gervasi, The Week, 5 Apr. 2022
• Gregor was the only striker who had forcefully resisted when the mob tried to take him from his home.
  — Kenneth C. Barnes, Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2023
• The threat to public health from unlicensed and unproven stem cell claims will only get worse if the FDA fails to act forcefully.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• But that he's made no bones about wanting to speak up for himself fairly forcefully.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
• There were probably other reasons, but these are the ones that have stuck with me most forcefully.
  — Will Stephenson, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
• Take short, rapid breaths through your nose and forcefully contract your diaphragm and belly.
  — Mikayla Morell, Health, 22 Dec. 2023
• The four actors register all the more forcefully for having the only speaking roles in the entire movie.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• The olive branch offered by the hemp industry was forcefully rejected by the MSOs.
  — Robert Hoban, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
• In fact, Clance and Imes argued forcefully in their original study that success was not a cure.
  — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• At a fraught juncture in the fighting, just how forcefully Ukraine should make its case for more robust and timely help has become a sore point.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• By flexing certain muscles in their feet, hairy frogs forcefully rip their claws through their skin.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• To meet the moment, our society must forcefully recommit to racial justice by taking lessons from the past.
  — Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Butler's agent, Bernie Lee, forcefully denied the report.
  — Jeremy Duda, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
• Indigenous children were taken from their homes by government officials and sent to these schools to be forcefully assimilated into American culture.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Jan 2025