emphatic
Example Sentences
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UCLA-bound Mateo Fuerbringer was ready from the start, ending Loyola’s first three rallies with thunderous kills and the fourth with an emphatic stuff block.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
When asked to describe what he experienced while in the coma, Keenan was emphatic that it was not a dream.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Instead, Barcelona's 2-0 win against Real Madrid means they clinched the title with the perfect script: at home, against their biggest rivals, by an emphatic 14-point margin.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
When CNN co-moderator Elex Michaelson asked Villaraigosa if he would cancel California’s much-maligned high-speed rail project, the candidate’s emphatic “No” thundered down like a Lebron James dunk.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The discovery of atomic structure and the uncertainty principle put an emphatic end to that.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing emphatic
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