1
: compelled by force or necessity : involuntary
a forced landing
2
: done or produced with effort, exertion, or pressure
a forced laugh
Examples of forced in a Sentence
forced payment of membership dues
wasn't thrilled with the suggestion and so responded with a forced smile
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What happens next is critical, especially as Sweden is now reportedly threatening its own forced breach of end-to-end encryption.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Defending rights and progress aroused attendees at that January meeting in 2025 as strongly as denouncing forced colonization aroused attendees at the mass meeting 208 years earlier.
—Linn Washington, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
Stella Marcus, as the Tate daughter Emma, who’s maybe smart enough to escape her family but is even more self-destructive, strives to match the energy of the bigger names around her but gets stuck in a similar rut of forced aggression.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
Now that the divorce is done, here’s hoping Stacey finds a connection that doesn’t feel so forced.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Defending rights and progress aroused attendees at that January meeting in 2025 as strongly as denouncing forced colonization aroused attendees at the mass meeting 208 years earlier.
—Linn Washington, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
Stella Marcus, as the Tate daughter Emma, who’s maybe smart enough to escape her family but is even more self-destructive, strives to match the energy of the bigger names around her but gets stuck in a similar rut of forced aggression.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
Now that the divorce is done, here’s hoping Stacey finds a connection that doesn’t feel so forced.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for forced
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“Forced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forced. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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forced
adjective
ˈfō(ə)rst 
ˈfȯ(ə)rst
1
: caused or brought about by force or necessity : involuntary
made a forced landing
2
: done or produced with effort
a forced laugh
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