How to Use forcefully in a Sentence

forcefully

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• Agents hit the door forcefully twice and breached the door.
  — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
• Near the end of the first half, he was sacked and thrown to the ground forcefully.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2022
• Very clearly, very forcefully and get our point of view across.
  — Janell Ross, Time, 15 Mar. 2021
• About an hour later, two young men came and forcefully pulled her up by her arm.
  — Autumn Barnes, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
• Problems should be raised, but not too forcefully.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Crowley had forcefully pushed back on the claim by the mayor.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Feb. 2025
• Four of the justices warned that the court should have acted more forcefully to block such laws.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2021
• Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right.
  — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 9 June 2022
• Acosta rolls up one pant leg to get his head in the game, then forcefully serves the yellow ball.
  — Paula Mejía, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
• My father forcefully pushed back and soon was shouting.
  — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
• Will that just be a dark undertone of the night or will anyone speak up more forcefully?
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Snap the rod tip ahead, so the lure hits the water forcefully at the outer edge of the cover.
  — Mark Hicks, Field & Stream, 29 June 2020
• But that he's made no bones about wanting to speak up for himself fairly forcefully.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
• In short, each of the two sides tends to forcefully present only their side of the argument.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
• Dropping or placing a heavy cast-iron pan down too forcefully on your surface can crack the glass.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
• Dropping or placing a heavy cast-iron pan down too forcefully on your surface can crack the glass.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
• The focus now shifts to how forcefully the Fed should respond.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• At one point, Paul appears to kick Mortensen and forcefully grab his head.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
• Elizabeth wrote forcefully about the need to wield the levers of power.
  — Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
• Many on the left are now learning this the hard way, but many on the right have long known it and should speak up more forcefully.
  — Michael Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
• Police unions have pushed back forcefully against the idea of cutting budgets.
  — Nicolas Rapp, Fortune, 9 June 2020
• Take short, rapid breaths through your nose and forcefully contract your diaphragm and belly.
  — Mikayla Morell, Health, 22 Dec. 2023
• Agents had forcefully cleared the crowd at least twice Friday morning.
  — Caroline Kubzansky, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
• Exhale forcefully through your mouth to feel your core muscles engage.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 14 Oct. 2025
• The worker can then be seen lunging toward the boy and shoving him forcefully to the ground.
  — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
• Kennedy denied all this, forcefully.
  — Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• McKinstry picks him up by the backs of his arms and appears to forcefully lift him up and drop him in his chair.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
• For example, the kick drum and vocals push through the mix a little too forcefully.
  — PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
• Just 6 inches of fast-moving water can forcefully sweep you off your feet.
  — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026