Thesaurus / forcible
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
He had an excellent voice, possessed in a high degree the gift of concise and forcible expression, and his every word told.
No one could deny that Government had yielded in the face of noisy clamor and forcible resistance.
THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTIONCARL BECKER
If the language is not forcible enough to convey your ideas, you will not make it better by underlining it.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
The tragedies of Corneille and Racine are forcible and finished, and should be read because classical.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
He caused his mother sorrow, by a dissolute life and by forcible inroads on the maternal purse.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHE
They don't effect a forcible entry now-a-days for the sake of a coat or two; we'd better look in the dining-room.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
His education having been rude and imperfect, the style of his writing was more forcible than pure or correct.
Forcible conquest and adverse occupation is nearly always the primary root of title.
IS ULSTER RIGHT?ANONYMOUS
If all men who set the example of forcible infringement of law are criminals, Gracchus was a criminal.
THE TWO GREAT REPUBLICS: ROME AND THE UNITED STATESJAMES HAMILTON LEWIS
A forcible seizure of goods, before duties are paid or secured, by the power of the State, civil and military.
SELECT SPEECHES OF DANIEL WEBSTERDANIEL WEBSTER
WORDS RELATED TO FORCIBLE
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- rank
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- in fine feather
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