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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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.
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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
Anthony Volpe looked like a much tougher out to me before the Yankees force-fed him into the leadoff spot.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
The authorities retaliated by brutally force-feeding them—treatment that, when publicized, shocked the nation.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Images spring to mind of sickly calves torn from their mothers and tethered in crates, force-fed a diet of hormones and antibiotics just to sustain their short, miserable lives.
—Keith Pandolfi, Saveur, 15 May 2024
The authorities force-fed her through a feeding tube, her lawyers said.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 13 May 2024
Take for example, the first victim portrays gluttony: a man affected by obesity is force-fed literally to death via hemorrhage.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
But surely any officer in the King’s army would have been force-fed Virgil at school?
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
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
Anthony Volpe looked like a much tougher out to me before the Yankees force-fed him into the leadoff spot.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
The authorities retaliated by brutally force-feeding them—treatment that, when publicized, shocked the nation.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Images spring to mind of sickly calves torn from their mothers and tethered in crates, force-fed a diet of hormones and antibiotics just to sustain their short, miserable lives.
—Keith Pandolfi, Saveur, 15 May 2024
The authorities force-fed her through a feeding tube, her lawyers said.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 13 May 2024
Take for example, the first victim portrays gluttony: a man affected by obesity is force-fed literally to death via hemorrhage.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
But surely any officer in the King’s army would have been force-fed Virgil at school?
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
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“Force-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/force-feed. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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