force-feed
verb
force-fed
ˈfȯrs-ˌfed 
; force-feeding
; force-feeding
1
: to feed (a person or an animal) by forcible administration of food
2
: to force to take in
force-feed students the classics
—also used with a single objectforce-feed the classics to students
force-feed students with the classics
Examples of force-feed in a Sentence
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To stop is to die, or, worse, to be force-fed a clip of Ricky Gervais saying words.
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Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Boyd and her cohorts were there to document their dispersal, compiling data while force-feeding wood stoves to heat drafty cabins in subzero winters.
—Ben Long, The Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2024
The Bills won’t be force-feeding the humble Shakir.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
During her previous 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court in 2022 and 2023, prosecutors accused Letby of force-feeding infants' milk, poisoning some with insulin and injecting others with air.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
The woman is also accused of force-feeding some children and carrying one child upside down by the ankle while strapped to a chair, WTAE reported.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
Conservative orthodoxy at the national level holds that parents must be given an out from a failing public education system that force-feeds children progressive fads.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 July 2024
During her 10-month trial in Manchester Crown Court, prosecutors accused her of force-feeding infants’ milk, poisoning some with insulin and injecting others with air.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
See George Wallace force-feeding Mulaney very vanilla cake with a giant silver spoon and crossing everyone’s boundaries, minus Richard Kind’s (true love).
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 13 May 2024
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Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Boyd and her cohorts were there to document their dispersal, compiling data while force-feeding wood stoves to heat drafty cabins in subzero winters.
—Ben Long, The Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2024
The Bills won’t be force-feeding the humble Shakir.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
During her previous 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court in 2022 and 2023, prosecutors accused Letby of force-feeding infants' milk, poisoning some with insulin and injecting others with air.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
The woman is also accused of force-feeding some children and carrying one child upside down by the ankle while strapped to a chair, WTAE reported.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
Conservative orthodoxy at the national level holds that parents must be given an out from a failing public education system that force-feeds children progressive fads.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 July 2024
During her 10-month trial in Manchester Crown Court, prosecutors accused her of force-feeding infants’ milk, poisoning some with insulin and injecting others with air.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
See George Wallace force-feeding Mulaney very vanilla cake with a giant silver spoon and crossing everyone’s boundaries, minus Richard Kind’s (true love).
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 13 May 2024
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“Force-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/force-feed. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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