Sentence examples for but not forceful from inspiring English sources

On the field this day, the breeze was noticeable but not forceful.

(She doesn't read novels — they help!) She's a kind of blank, really, partly because of her upbringing, and partly because of her character, which is a very interesting one — deeply impressionable and receptive, but not forceful, not able to carve its own way.

Mechanical stimulation of the heart by a nonpenetrating, impulse-like impact is sufficient to induce ventricular fibrillation (VF) in an otherwise normal heart, but not forceful enough to make structural damage to the myocardium or the thoracic cage.

Be friendly, but not forceful.

Direct the open end of the bottle away from you and use a firm but not forceful stream.

It usually spills out of their mouths soon after feeding, but is not forceful.

Asked whether freshman students were forced to drink such excessive quantities, he added: "I believe there would have been encouragement from older students, but it was not forceful.

Asked whether first year students were forced to drink such excessive quantities, he added: "I believe there would have been encouragement from the second and third year students, but it was not forceful.

The bill's sponsors in the Senate agreed to allow some exemptions for small farms and facilities, but those provisions are not forceful enough for Senator Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana.

This is a start, but not the forceful and fully elaborated articulation of American exceptionalism Obama will need in 2012, whether his opponent is Gingrich or Romney.

Be firm but not too forceful when you file your nails.