forcefulness
noun
Examples of forceful in a Sentence
He has a very forceful personality.
She's a confident and forceful leader.
They have made a forceful argument in favor of changing the system.
The government has threatened to use more forceful measures if necessary.
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The July 4 Texas flooding has now claimed over 100 lives, with even more still missing as searches continue along the Guadalupe River where forceful floodwaters washed out structures and vegetation.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
Now, as the president considers more forceful action against Russia, his party is sifting through signals of his future direction — even as Trump follows the truism that presidents’ foreign policy rarely conforms to a single identity.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 July 2025
Siegel took on police departments, helping to secure multi-million dollar settlements for Black Lives Matter protesters who were met with a forceful police response during the 2020 demonstrations that followed the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
But the Chinese leader’s quick, forceful response—raising tariffs on U.S. goods to 125 percent and imposing export restrictions on critical rare-earth minerals and magnets—suggests such blunt, coercive tactics are unlikely to work.
—William Hurst, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2025
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
Now, as the president considers more forceful action against Russia, his party is sifting through signals of his future direction — even as Trump follows the truism that presidents’ foreign policy rarely conforms to a single identity.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 July 2025
Siegel took on police departments, helping to secure multi-million dollar settlements for Black Lives Matter protesters who were met with a forceful police response during the 2020 demonstrations that followed the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
But the Chinese leader’s quick, forceful response—raising tariffs on U.S. goods to 125 percent and imposing export restrictions on critical rare-earth minerals and magnets—suggests such blunt, coercive tactics are unlikely to work.
—William Hurst, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2025
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“Forceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forceful. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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