Sample Sentences for
forte
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forte as in:  it is her forte

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I'm not sure about Foxface since direct confrontation isn't her style or her forte.  (source)
forte = strength (strong ability)
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    But it was track, in which he earned four varsity letters, tied the school half-mile record, and set its mile record of 5:06, that was his true forte.  (source)
    forte = strength
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    As for the others, the General's ga ga, I think, and old Wargrave's forte is masterly inactivity.  (source)
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    As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte.  (source)
    forte = strength (a personal asset of special worth or utility)
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    A career software engineer, mornings were never her forte.†  (source)
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    Peleovits suggests one of Brown's liberal arts fortes, maybe Political Theory.†  (source)
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    Fashion was not my forte.†  (source)
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    As he walked across the stage, the light caught on the pin on his lapel, a flash of gold that was similar to the forte signs in my piano music.†  (source)
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    Know, that in the course of your future life you will often find yourself elected the involuntary confidant of your acquaintances' secrets: people will instinctively find out, as I have done, that it is not your forte to tell of yourself, but to listen while others talk of themselves; they will feel, too, that you listen with no malevolent scorn of their indiscretion, but with a kind of innate sympathy; not the less comforting and encouraging because it is very unobtrusive in its manifestations.†  (source)
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    Physical courage has never been my forte.†  (source)
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    One night he grabs me and Forte and we drive to The Hollow.†  (source)
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    E quanto a dir qual era e cosa dura Questa selva selvaggia ed aspra e forte ...†  (source)
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    Waiting on table was certainly not his forte; he had still to master platters and serving implements, and would fling the food down however he could.†  (source)
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    Politics isn't my forte, Feeney.†  (source)
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forte as in:  forte mezzo

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I especially enjoy the forte passages in the composition.
forte = an instruction in music:  to be played relatively loudly