forcefully
adverb
force·ful·ly
ˈfȯrs-fə-lē 
: in a forceful, powerful, or emphatic manner
speaking forcefully
pushing forcefully through the crowd
She forcefully denied the charges.
Congestive heart failure develops when the heart becomes too weak to pump forcefully enough.—
Paul G. Donohue
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Examples of forcefully in a Sentence
shut the door a little too forcefully and broke the glass
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Body camera video shows an Oklahoma City police officer forcefully taking down and handcuffing a 71-year-old driver after a traffic stop last month.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
There was some disagreement over how forcefully the victim contacted Morrow’s car during the incident.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
The olive branch offered by the hemp industry was forcefully rejected by the MSOs.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Cambodia’s attempt to clean up the Angkor Archaeological Park, however, recently came under international scrutiny, reports Newsweek’s Shannon McDonagh, when the government forcefully relocated over 10,000 families away from the site in 2022.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
There was some disagreement over how forcefully the victim contacted Morrow’s car during the incident.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
The olive branch offered by the hemp industry was forcefully rejected by the MSOs.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Cambodia’s attempt to clean up the Angkor Archaeological Park, however, recently came under international scrutiny, reports Newsweek’s Shannon McDonagh, when the government forcefully relocated over 10,000 families away from the site in 2022.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Forcefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forcefully. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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