forcible

Many universities have vague—and often overly narrow—conceptions of “forcible sexual offenses.”

It is not a mere sprinkling that will do; it requires a forcible dashing to and fro, and that often repeated, to be effectual.

But as the essential idea of the Psalmist is preserved in the common version, I employ it as peculiarly illustrative and forcible.

Brotherly love and charity were as often and as forcible in their mouths as real humanity was wanting in their hearts.

He was graceful in delivery, persuasive in manner, and forcible in argument.

He seemed clever rather than forcible, and presented a pathetic figure as of one who had gained no foothold on success.