How to Use forcefully in a Sentence

forcefully

adverb

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But his primary purpose is to turn the Tayo of here and now into a leader who forcefully advocates for the new status quo.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 May 2023
• Video then captured a nurse allegedly forcefully flipping the baby from onto his back to his stomach on the bassinet.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
• After time on the bike, your muscles themselves can’t contract as forcefully.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 29 Aug. 2023
• Two weeks ago, then, the government decided to act more forcefully.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2023
• Majors then forcefully grabbed Grace, placing her in a headlock and put his hand over her mouth to prevent someone from hearing her cries for help.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
• Gagnon shook him, then rubbed his sternum forcefully with the knuckles of her fist — a technique sometimes used by EMS workers to revive patients.
  — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
• According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he had been forcefully stabbed several times in his head and chest and the weapon's blade broke off in his body.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 13 Jan. 2023
• But even some Democrats aligned with Mr. Biden have criticized him for not doing more to control the border and for failing to highlight his policies more forcefully.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• He has also been criticized by those opposed to Russia’s actions for not speaking out more forcefully against the war.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
• Whales do have some luck ridding themselves of barnacles and dead skin while breaching, or jumping forcefully out of the water and crashing back down.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2023
• From there, footage shows Trujillo forcefully grabbing Espinoza's arm and twist it backward outside the truck with him still inside.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
• President Biden should speak forcefully to our friends in Finland and beyond who have forgotten that free speech must apply to all.
  — Kristen Waggoner, National Review, 13 Aug. 2023
• Alex: But all along, others have pushed back, sometimes forcefully, against the comparison.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• Yet in the short term, area leaders are both asking police to more forcefully clear encampments and exploring a number of new shelters.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
• Judge James Ho, a member of the panel, argued forcefully for his power to do that in a partially concurring opinion.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024