forcibly

Example Sentences

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The US state department has clarified that it is not forcibly returning any evacuees to Afghanistan, but that some have voluntarily returned.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

And in a surreal scene, Sheehy joined Capitol Police to help forcibly eject a protester who was disrupting an Armed Services Committee hearing.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

Doctors had to forcibly wrench him from his mother at birth.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The Chagossians were forcibly removed by the British and Americans in the late 1960s and early 1970s to make way for the joint U.S. military base.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Mom says, “For many years, Native children were forcibly removed from their families and communities.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day