Example sentences for: emphatic

How can you use “emphatic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • She relies heavily--very heavily--on adverbs, which serve to pepper her noncommittal reviews with small emphatic bursts and to jack up her celebrations (from a 565-word review of Velvet Goldmine : "dazzlingly surreal," "brilliantly reimagines," "spectacularly reborn," "dramatically presided," "stunningly pretty," "fabulously charismatic," "hilariously decadent," "typically wicked").

  • The Wall Street Journal is a bit less emphatic, saying that pro-Gore union leaders now say they have the votes.

  • We all use the emphatic do , and that is not always undesirable: I do believe ... ; I do so want to see her; Do have a drink.

  • King Jaume made an emphatic political point by ordering it built on the site of the Great Mosque.

  • The 1970s were marked by inflation and the emphatic snuffing of strikes and protests.


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