emphatic
adjective
em·phat·ic
im-ˈfa-tik 
em-
1
: uttered with or marked by emphasis
an emphatic refusal
2
: tending to express oneself in forceful speech or to take decisive action
3
: attracting special attention
4
: constituting or belonging to a set of tense forms in English consisting of the auxiliary do followed by an infinitive without to that are used to facilitate rhetorical inversion or to emphasize something
Examples of emphatic in a Sentence
They were emphatic about their political differences.
the governor issued an emphatic denial of all charges
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Świątek, currently ranked No. 4 in the world, reached the final in a series of emphatic victories.
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Two seasons have passed in a blur of stomping channel runs and emphatic finishes, with the 27-year-old racking up 97 goals in just over 8,400 minutes — the equivalent of 93 full games.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Djo skates between falsetto and mellow, talky vocals with moments of funky, emphatic annunciation.
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This opinion appeared here three years ago and was swarmed with a barrage of emphatic and mostly emotional arguments for Koufax.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Grace Jordan-Weinstein, People.com, 12 July 2025
Two seasons have passed in a blur of stomping channel runs and emphatic finishes, with the 27-year-old racking up 97 goals in just over 8,400 minutes — the equivalent of 93 full games.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Djo skates between falsetto and mellow, talky vocals with moments of funky, emphatic annunciation.
—airmail.news, 5 July 2025
This opinion appeared here three years ago and was swarmed with a barrage of emphatic and mostly emotional arguments for Koufax.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for emphatic
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“Emphatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emphatic. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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emphatic
adjective
em·phat·ic
im-ˈfat-ik
em-
1
: uttered with or marked by emphasis
2
: tending to express oneself in forceful speech or action
3
: attracting special attention
an emphatic design
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