Sentence examples for much less forceful from inspiring English sources

Anthony Van Dyck, a pupil and assistant of Rubens, was a much less forceful personality than his master; and this is reflected in the quieter, more introspective note characteristic of his paintings.

This was in fact much less than Mr Cameron, the most forceful advocate of intervention in Syria among Western leaders, would have liked.At the insistence of Ed Miliband, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, whose backing Mr Cameron had taken some pains to secure, the motion had been watered down on the eve of the debate.

It argues against a narrow agenda that his novels should have for their protagonists (as Philip Roth has pointed out) physically large and confident Wasps and smaller, less forceful Jews, more or less in alternation, much as Alfred Hitchcock cast assured Cary Grant and vulnerable James Stewart in roles that represented different intensities of wish-fulfilment.

It has been surprising to me that my many forceful critiques of psychiatry have met so little criticism from psychiatrists, while my much less frequent and muted defenses of psychiatry have drawn such flak from dissatisfied patients.

"Camel is less forceful," he said.

She was no less forceful with a later clarification.

Much, much, much, much less perfect.

Dr. Jenkins's own advice to parents was less forceful.

Conte's speeches were no less forceful than his actions.

On Thursday, Education Minister Gilles de Robien was less forceful.

much less.