How to Use forced in a Sentence

forced

adjective

• Forced entry was made through a sliding glass door in the rear of the home.
  — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
• At first, John Gracey might come across as a bit forced or stagey as Dan.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• Tied for third in the league in forced fumbles, recording five on the season.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• Given Jake's rocky summer, a forced split wouldn't be out of the question.
  — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 29 Aug. 2017
• Gusty winds up to 40 mph forced parts of Interstate 70 to be closed down east of Denver.
  — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2019
• The forced intermission couldn’t have come at a worse time.
  — Dylan Owens, The Know, 8 June 2017
• Lee had a monstrous first half with three tackles for loss and a forced fumble.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Clowney has recorded 18 1/2 sacks and three forced fumbles over the past two seasons.
  — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 11 June 2019
• Despite a somewhat forced sense of whimsy, the chemistry between the leads makes the movie work.
  — OregonLive.com, 21 June 2017
• The forced implementation of this idea led to years of famine.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 June 2022
• A 12th-minute goal by striker Sammy Ochoa came off his own forced turnover, and knotted the score at 1-1.
  — Michael McGough, sacbee.com, 17 June 2017
• Those, too, forced evacuations, and are believed to be spot fires of the Glass Fire.
  — NBC News, 28 Sep. 2020
• And there in forced perspective, in the half light, in the dimmed down bulbs of my makeup mirror sat this burned old bald man.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023
• Josie was tired of her mom sneaking around, lying to her, and then trying to win her back with forced girl's nights at the movies.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 3 Aug. 2018
• The Hardland of America slogan plastered across the top of the building still sounds forced to me.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 30 July 2019
• Sunday was their third game in a row without a forced turnover, their longest such stretch since 2006.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 1 Oct. 2017
• The notes of forced and artificial Eat, Freeze, Love charm added to the character just don’t work.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2022
• The Bucks were listless and defense-averse and forced things on offense from the beginning.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2018
• Quieter passages were often quite lovely, but too much of the rest was too loud and too forced.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 3 June 2023
• Yes, something about the whole setup is charade-y, a little forced, but that’s Kanye’s way.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2022
• Sherman knew about Ford, who had 13 sacks and an NFL-high seven forced fumbles last year.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• Over his career, Logan has logged five sacks and three forced fumbles.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity.com, 14 June 2017
• His six picks were tops in the AAC and, along with his three forced fumbles, earned him first-team all-conference honors.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Bosa tied for the team lead with seven tackles, including a sack and a forced fumble.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
• Dylan Ruiz leads the way with 51 total tackles, 16 sacks and three forced fumbles.
  — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• More than 340 companies have signed a pledge to keep their supply chains free of forced labor.
  — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• The lone blemish was a forced throw that safety Brandon Joseph intercepted in the end zone in the final minute of the first half.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2021
• That most have evolved beyond their college selves makes the reunion feel a little bit like forced joy at the outset.
  — Lindsey Bahr, idahostatesman, 15 June 2017
• The dialogue is sometimes clunky and the fleshing out of characters feels a bit forced over the first couple of episodes.
  — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
• Cotton buyers can demand proof of living wages for workers and verify that no forced or child labor is used in the production process.
  — Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024