forceful speech

collocation in English

meaningsofforcefulandspeech

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forceful
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔːs.fəl/us
/ˈfɔːrs.fəl/
expressing opinions strongly and demanding attention ...
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speech
noun
uk
/spiːtʃ/us
/spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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(Definition offorcefulandspeechfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforceful speech

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It was also aforcefulspeech, and one that ranged into technical questions to which it is difficult for us to find a final answer.
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I understand that his involvement in housing, one way or another, goes back over many years, and he has made aforcefulspeechtonight.
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I rise only to deal with one of the amendments covered in his very adequate andforcefulspeech.
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I noted with interest all that he had to say in his short andforcefulspeech.
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I fully support his veryforcefulspeechand also the speech we have just heard.
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I thought that he made a most knowledgeable andforcefulspeech, which must have impressed everyone.
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He made aforcefulspeechon behalf of his constituents.
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Certainly nobody who heard herforcefulspeechwould imagine that age had in any way impaired her energies or her spirit.
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I found myself very much in agreement with hisforcefulspeechwhich contained constructive suggestions.
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He has added substantially to that contribution by initiating this debate today and by the extremely interesting andforcefulspeechthat he has just delivered.
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He made aforcefulspeechcontaining the figures and all the arguments.
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I am quite certain that every one of us who has heard his veryforcefulspeechwill certainly ponder what he has said to us this afternoon.
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He made a typicallyforcefulspeech.
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He made aforcefulspeechand a useful one, as might be expected by those who know him, and he spoke well on behalf of his constituents.
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We have had a number of varied speeches, but the main forceful speeches have been on the position of local government.
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I hope that we shall hear many more such forceful speeches from him.
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There have been many moving and forceful speeches made today.
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Some fairly forceful speeches were made.
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They made vigorous and forceful speeches.
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