Sample sentences for FORTE - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
it is her forte

Definition

strengths (strong abilities)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Logic is her forte.
As for the others, the General's ga ga, I think, and old Wargrave's forte is masterly inactivity.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

forte = strength

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.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

forte = strength

As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte.
Oscar Wilde -- The Importance of Being Earnest

forte = strength (a personal asset of special worth or utility)

I'm not sure about Foxface since direct confrontation isn't her style or her forte.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

forte = strength (strong ability)

Charm, not argument, was to be her forte.
E. M. Forster -- A Room With A View
He's a great shooter, but defense isn't his forte.
...the execution of plots is my forte.
Alexandre Dumas -- Twenty Years After
Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
Margaret Halsey

2 —as in:
forte mezzo

Definition

a description in music: to be played relatively loudly

forte = a description in music: to be played relatively loudly

...the piano forte was already sending forth its sonorous harmony...
James Fenimore Cooper -- Imagination and Heart

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