Sentence examples for could be forceful from inspiring English sources

But his impact could be forceful.

He was often charming in public, but could be forceful and even threatening in private.

Rabbi Klenicki could be forceful even when speaking to a pope.

However, while Gill could be forceful and committed, he was rarely dogmatic or unnecessarily aggressive.

On those topics, Holder could be forceful and courageous, most recently during the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and, earlier, in the Administration's shift on marriage equality.

(Though I could be forceful at work, I was neither calm nor assertive enough with a dog, the key qualities required by Cesar Millan).

She spoke out when she could, was forceful and knowledgeable.

The reason I started taking a lot of crack was because when I didn't have a stimulant in me I couldn't be forceful, I couldn't put myself out, I couldn't put myself across to people, very 'like that' [whispering] because I didn't have the confidence it just dampened; when I was on depixol [antipsychotic depot medication] it just stopped me, it just zonked [sedated] me.

But he added that although he would raise the Hague tribunal verdict, he could not be forceful.

Strong was right about that; he was right about many things, and, of the four central bankers in Ahamed's book, he is the one who seemed to have the most flexibility of mind — though he could also be forceful to the point of brutishness.

To complement their idyllic bodies, he gave them machine guns and bazookas and told them they could be as forceful and agile as any male action hero.