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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fawrst, fohrst |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔrst, foʊrst |
Definition of forced
Origin :- "not spontaneous or voluntary," 1570s, past participle adjective from force (v.). The flier's forced landing attested by 1917.
- adj compulsory, strained
- He forced himself to face them regularly as a penance and a corrective.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He had entered into the path of dishonesty, and he was forced to keep on in it.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He was forced to admit that the girl still had power to trouble him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- They had forced the foreign immigrants to work in their factories.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- The consonants were reproduced but the reader was forced to guess at the vowels.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- "Good-evening, Captain Rushton," he said, with a forced smile.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- It was a dreadful conviction that was forced upon me, and as wonderful as terrible.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Your aunt has been forced to engage not to interfere but by your father's direction.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It is not every body will bear insult, as, of late, I have been forced to bear it.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- At last the door was forced in and the massacre was completed.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
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