Enforced
[ɪn'fɔrst]
Definition
(adj.) forced or compelled or put in force; 'a life of enforced inactivity'; 'enforced obedience' .
Editor: Maynard--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Enforce
(a.) Compelled; forced; not voluntary.
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Examples
- If you study the success of Roosevelt the point is re-enforced. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If by some magic every taboo of the commission could be enforced the abolition of sex slavery would not have come one step nearer to reality. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If it is, then the taboo enforced by a Morals Police is, perhaps, as good a way as any of gaining a fictitious sense of activity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mrs. Jennings enforced the necessity. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- We could not see the enemy, so I ordered my men to lie down, an order that did not have to be enforced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Only humane laws can be successfully enforced; and they are the only ones really worth enforcing. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I described, and enforced them earnestly. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- True, but as ANY good Portland cement can be used, and no restrictions as to source of supply are enforced, he, or rather his company, will be merely one of many possible purveyors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The fact enforced the contention that she had made a fatal mistake in not returning to Count Olenski. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The call for greater parental responsibility is, I fear, a rather empty platitude, for it is not re-enforced with anything but an ancient fervor. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Then, addressing me, she said, with enforced calmness: 'My son is ill. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And in another city where Sunday closing was strictly enforced, a minister told me with painful surprise that the Monday police blotter showed less drunks and more wife-beaters. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A person may be in such a condition that forcible feeding or enforced confinement is necessary for his own good. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Why did he so quietly submit to the concealment Mr. Rochester enforced? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Bessie would rather have stayed, but she was obliged to go, because punctuality at meals was rigidly enforced at Gateshead Hall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In Austria, where obedience can be enforced, and no choice left but between an honourable prison and a fitting marriage. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Think what would happen if every statute were enforced. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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