How to Use emphatic in a Sentence

emphatic

adjective

• They were emphatic about their political differences.
• The teams gathered at mid-ice after the game and saluted the crowd with emphatic stick taps.
  — Paul Skrbina, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2020
• Butler's were longer, more emphatic, and occurred at more pivotal points in the game.
  — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, 13 Feb. 2020
• Jericho Sims got on the board early with an emphatic slam dunk in Texas’ first possession of the game.
  — Alex Briseno, Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2020
• On Monday, DeWine was more emphatic about people wearing masks.
  — cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020
• The document is emphatic on several points, not least the need for a state stockpile of emergency equipment.
  — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 16 May 2020
• Austin Johnson sent a backdoor pass to a flying Shane Bell for an emphatic dunk in the middle of the second quarter.
  — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, 20 Jan. 2020
• The second week in a row, and even more emphatic than the first.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 2 May 2022
• But the last two points for Key were the most emphatic.
  — cleveland, 10 Mar. 2021
• Ware returned to the lineup and had an emphatic grip on the game.
  — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2024
• An emphatic Green dunk met with a mix of cheers and jeers.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021
• The answer is an emphatic yes—even if the FDIC doesn’t, so far, seem to agree.
  — Thomas D. Lehrman and Randal K. Quarles, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
• So, to make his point more emphatic, Rivers took off his mask.
  — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2020
• With a chance to tie or take the lead at the end of the third quarter, Wilson had an emphatic block on Kelsey Mitchell.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2020
• Boots on the ground are an emphatic supplement to words in a treaty.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
• Rohl was even more emphatic about what doomed his team.
  — Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
• The team took those words to heart and made an emphatic statement on Friday night (Jan. 22).
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• Forte could not have delivered a more emphatic claim to be the best colt bound for the Kentucky Derby to come out of the preps.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• That caught the eye of Mary Trump, a niece of the former president and one of his most emphatic critics.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
• This was an emphatic start to the final half of the season for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2023
• So he's been speaking in more and more kind of emphatic terms about this as the election gets closer.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
• Gobert was emphatic in his agreement when asked what turned the game around.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 May 2021
• In that world, every word uttered is emphatic and sharp and true.
  — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
• The instructions for the swim are emphatic, which is no wonder, as this is the second-largest species of manta in the world.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2021
• At the time, Taylor was emphatic that the pair were not divorcing.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
• Garg says the onus for a more emphatic shift to renewables lies with the government.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 26 Dec. 2021
• Manilow is emphatic that he was never supposed to be the marquee draw.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
• That disclaimer, too, was emphatic yet short on specifics.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
• The ball ended up in the hands of the Cornhuskers’ Natalie Potts, who attempted a putback only to be met with an emphatic block by Barker to keep it a one-score game.
  — Andrés Soto, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
• The full time whistle had only just blown on another emphatic Liverpool victory when Mohamed Salah added to the concern of supporters who fear the Egyptian could leave the club next summer.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Feb 2025