How to Use forcible in a Sentence

forcible

adjective
  • He was found guilty in late May on two of three counts of forcible rape.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Greg Jimenez was found guilty of three counts of lewd acts on a child and nine counts of forcible lewd acts on a child.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Monken said there wasn’t forcible contact on the play, a requirement for the flag.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • They could be called up or forcible disbanded by the colony!
    James Fallows, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The third teen did not see the forcible kiss but confirmed details of the gathering.
    Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The 20-year-old is charged with rape and forcible sodomy in the February incident.
    Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 15 June 2017
  • Masterson has been charged with three counts of forcible rape and was not asked to return for the reboot.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Jerry Brown signed the bill, making forcible rape a three-year prison offense.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 23 June 2019
  • This does not mean forcible regime change, subversion, or war.
    Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The misdemeanor, for forcible touching, carries a penalty of up to a year in jail.
    New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Pratt, who was arrested June 19 in Berkeley, is charged with two counts of forcible rape.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
  • The analysts say a forcible takeover of Taiwan could be a bad bet for Xi either way -- US help or not.
    Brad Lendon, CNN, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The jury acquitted Mesa of a being a principal to the forcible rape of the 13-year-old victim.
    Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The forcible transfer of children can constitute a grave war crime.
    ABC News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • In the past, Yezidis who left their religion—even through forcible conversion—couldn’t return to the faith.
    Cathy Otten, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2017
  • All four were charged with murder due to someone dying while in the commission of a forcible felony.
    Nick Swedberg, Daily Southtown, 29 June 2017
  • Two years ago, a former deputy was convicted of forcible rape, lewd acts on a child and other charges.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • He is expected to be charged with forcible touching and will enter a not guilty plea, Heller said.
    CBS News, 13 June 2019
  • Someone used forcible entry to get into the home while the resident was away.
    Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2019
  • William Rodriguez, 33, faces two counts of forcible rape and was relieved of his police powers.
    Fox News, 18 July 2019
  • That could mean alerting users to forcible entries in homes, such as breaking windows.
    Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2019
  • The actor was charged with one count of forcible touching, a misdemeanor offense, said Det.
    Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 13 June 2019
  • Their complaints range from forcible kissing to lewd comments.
    Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2021
  • He was acquitted of charges related to three of the 10 victims in the case, including two charges of forcible rape.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Jane Doe #5 was associated to four charges in total (charges 8-11) two of which were counts of forcible rape.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The other two charges in the indictment were both counts of forcible oral copulation.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Prosecutors dropped a forcible rape charge against him.
    Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • In August of this year, Wells was charged in the Bessemer division with rape by forcible compulsion.
    Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • An autopsy found gravel in Virk's lungs, leading the coroner to determine her cause of death to be forcible drowning in the Gorge.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The policy says officers are only allowed to chase for forcible felonies.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2024

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