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 stern personality that Akl projects as Yasmine is punctuated with splashes of levity that make her character’s compatibility with Nino believable rather than forceful.
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 4 Dec. 2025
The studies didn’t test chatbots against more forceful types of persuasion, such as a pamphlet or a human canvasser, Jordan Boyd-Graber, an AI researcher at the University of Maryland who was not involved with the research, told me.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
For most people, inner nature was not forceful enough to influence outward expressions in any determinable form.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
This has only happened four times in the past couple of years, each one coinciding with a forceful rally near a tactical bottom in the indexes.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 4 Dec. 2025
The studies didn’t test chatbots against more forceful types of persuasion, such as a pamphlet or a human canvasser, Jordan Boyd-Graber, an AI researcher at the University of Maryland who was not involved with the research, told me.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
For most people, inner nature was not forceful enough to influence outward expressions in any determinable form.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
This has only happened four times in the past couple of years, each one coinciding with a forceful rally near a tactical bottom in the indexes.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for forceful
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“Forceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forceful. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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