[
UK
/fˈɔːst/
]
[ US /ˈfɔɹst/ ]
[ US /ˈfɔɹst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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produced by or subjected to forcing
forced-air heating
forced convection in plasma generators
furnaces of the forced-convection type -
made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency
a forced landing -
lacking spontaneity; not natural
forced heartiness
a constrained smile
a strained smile -
forced or compelled
promised to abolish forced labor
How To Use forced In A Sentence
- Both groups are forced to suffer the prejudices that have been fuelled by the tabloids and absorbed by an uninformed public.
- Not that I'm denigrating the effort - I'm good for a few quid once I've got a few beers in me later tonight - but the enforced jollity does occasionally grate.
- As the earth's crust was forced upwards, it displaced hundreds of cubic metres of water along an area as large as 1000 km long and 100 km wide.
- If the point of the tongue be placed between the teeth, and air from the mouth be forced between them, the Th sibilant is produced, as in thigh, and should have a proper character, as [TN: Looks like the Greek 'phi']. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes
- Open, and I was quietly confident that I would have a chance, said Leaney, who was forced to change caddies after his original caddie, Justin Hoyle, fell ill after the first round. USATODAY.com - Leaney's second at U.S. Open earns PGA Tour card
- Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.
- Trent ducked under another swing attack, swept with his feet in a scissors kick that tripped up his opponent and forced him to the ground.
- And while Annie inflicts humiliation and degradation and withholds pain relief and food Paul is forced to write a new chapter every day simply to stay alive.
- The main superstructure frame is formed from reinforced concrete with post-tensioned, ribbed slab floors.
- By then, the town had been well-fortified and withstood a siege of nine weeks before the Mexicans were forced to surrender from starvation. Cinco de Mayo: What is everybody celebrating?