Word Finder - forced

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To violate (a woman); to rape.

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To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

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To compel (someone or something) to do something.

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To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

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To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

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To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

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The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.

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To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

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To force a lock.

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To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

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To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.

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Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.

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(whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

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To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

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To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

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To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

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To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Obtained forcefully, not naturally.

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Her forced smile was harder and harder to keep as her critical father kept on complaining about her.

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Opened or accessed using force.

An arcing kick forced him to release her.

Leaning her head back, she forced the soft chair into a reclining position.

She forced the subject from her mind.

He grabbed her hands and forced them around his waist.

But I have met with such bad luck that I am forced to sell them.

She forced a smile.

She forced her eyes open to find Bordeaux's face above her.

She shoved the phone in her pocket and forced herself to smile as she faced Jonny, who'd been in training since shortly after she awoke.

I was forced to hide my grin.

No one wanted to feel forced into anything.

At last, she forced herself to lie down and tried not to think of the man named Jule, whose soul still lingered.

At last seizing a soldier by his collar he forced him to answer.

We were forced to stop on three different occasions as Howie, a back seat passenger, became frequently nauseous.

As robotic technology advances, we are being forced to readjust our expectations of machines' capabilities.

I do not hear of men being forced to have this way or that by masses of men.

As with everyone, her face assumed a forced unnatural expression as soon as she looked in a glass.

She slipped her arms around his neck and forced his lips down harder on her own.

Getting upset about it wasn't going to change anything, though, so she forced a grin as she met the troubled gaze of Fritz.

Leaning into one stirrup, she forced her other leg over the back of the horse and dismounted.

His nearness would drive her crazy if she were forced to be alone with him.

They were men of ideas who were forced by circumstance to become soldiers.

In such cases I was forced to repeat the words or sentences, sometimes for hours, until I felt the proper ring in my own voice.

Still feeling the sobering effects of that cool regard, she forced a smile.

She forced her legs to move faster, stumbling and almost falling in the deep sand.

Frequently we came upon impassable thickets which forced us to take a round about way.

I do not think that the knowledge which I have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention.

He lifted her chin with a curled index finger and forced her to meet his solemn gaze.

Having forced his way out of the crowd of fugitives, Prince Andrew, trying to keep near Kutuzov, saw on the slope of the hill amid the smoke a Russian battery that was still firing and Frenchmen running toward it.

Alex captured her hand and forced her to drop the potatoes.

He had the background and the education, but he obviously didn't have the inclination to adjust to the one being forced on him.

He forced her onto the couch and straddled her.

I don't deserve to be forced to wait.

Jule forced himself to put some space between them.

Forced into hiding by the circumstances of the past two weeks, Gabriel's yearning for his mate emerged stronger than ever at her passionate kisses and touch.

It stuck, but she forced herself not to ask why.

She forced herself to breathe deeply and continued towards the distant road.

Pierre flushed and, hurriedly putting his legs down from the bed, bent forward toward the old man with a forced and timid smile.

Yully dozed twice and forced herself up.

Jenn forced a smile on her face.

Yully forced herself to relax.

Her gaze settled on the Other, and she forced herself up.

When she retreated to the bathroom, she flipped on the light, cringed, but forced herself to stare at her reflection in the mirror over the sink.

Since leaving college, she'd stayed in shape through the local gym, where she lifted weights and forced herself onto a cardio machine twice a week.

The light beyond the solid French doors made her flinch, but she forced herself to cross the doorway.

He forced his blood out faster and faster.

She forced herself out of bed, exhausted and hungry.

She made one anyway and forced herself to eat it, blaming her recent trauma for her queasiness.

Though nauseated by the thought, she heated up a can of soup and forced herself to eat it.

She gritted her teeth and forced her attention to the stack of books, jotting down notes on her notepad.

You were forced into a transition without being prepared for it.