How to Use forcefully in a Sentence

forcefully

adverb
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Judge Jackson pushed back forcefully against some of Mr. Cruz’s questions.
    — WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Avoid forcefully tapping the vial or syringe, as doing so may damage the peptide.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Newsom spoke forcefully about the public’s demand to see results from the billions the state spends on homelessness.
    — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • When Finlayson's daughter tried to help her mother, the man grabbed the 9-year-old and forcefully threw her against a nearby dresser, according to Hall.
    — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The goal for Williams is to improve quality of life for people living in encampments, and to decrease the chance that these sites will be forcefully cleared by the city.
    — Caron Creighton, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Both films depict war as something old men send young men off to die in, though the new film leans into this idea more forcefully and to more chilling effect.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Still, Chemerinsky does make, forcefully, valid points.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • This will make your point — forcefully, as the giver will realize that Liam thinks his birthday was ignored.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The White House has forcefully pushed back on any false claims about the federal storm response, including how much aid victims can receive.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Roth had joined a chorus of business groups pushing forcefully to ban the local labor ordinance.
    — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2024

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