Sentence examples for a forceful rival from inspiring English sources

The group's local branch has stepped up operations since the outbreak of civil war in Yemen, emerging as a forceful rival to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the main militant group in the country in recent years.

A poll in July found that only 13% of voters thought he had accomplished anything important, though he did sign a bill abolishing the death penalty in 2007.His Republican rival is a forceful man with a simple message.

Sky Sports, for whom he has worked the past two years while reinvigorating the tired old art of football punditry, has unleashed a forceful campaign against an ambitious new rival in BT Sport.

Eager to regain lost ground with voters here, Hillary Clinton pivoted off stepped-up attacks on her record by rival Bernie Sanders into a forceful defense of her progressive credentials.

For example, The Times's description of Ms. Quinn as a "forceful counterpart to Mr. Bloomberg" is disputed by her Democratic rivals.

Ayten is a forceful creature.

Rousseff is a forceful presence.

A forceful response was inevitable.

It was a forceful statement.

(Njeri later issued a forceful denial).

It was a forceful rejection, at that.