Impelled by physical force especially against resistance.
1 The poem upon Sallee has forcible sentiments; but the conclusion is feeble.
2 They would each be hard-pressed to drain a forcible every five minutes.
3 The men had endowments, but had not seen a forcible in years.
4 The volume remains the forcible exposition upon the side which it espoused.
5 DoorJammer helps prevent kick-ins, shoulder slams and any forcible attempt to enter.
6 Hyneaux mentions forcible accouchement practised on both the dead and the dying.
7 These remarks are particularly forcible in connection with the career of Paul.
8 He used forcible language to the offending jockey, who retaliated in kind.
9 Olaf now took forcible possession of the town for a second time.
10 They are brutes, added Razumov, in the same subdued but forcible tone.
11 The genuine expression of popular feeling is always forcible , not seldom poetic.
12 And I cannot forget, that truth always carries the more forcible lesson.
13 He is also the author of dainty lyrics, and forcible prose criticism.
14 Only here the expressions were more forcible , and accompanied with threatening gestures.
15 Mr. Harrison was a close and forcible debater and a clear-headed lawyer.
16 He was so very tall and slender as to suggest forcible elongation.
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