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How to use forte in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun, adverb, adjective

Forte means a strength or talent; a strong point. Example: “He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.”

Examples of forte by meaning

nounA strength or talent; a strong point.

  • He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.

adverbLoudly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.

  • The musicians played the passage forte.

adjectiveLoud.

  • This passage is forte, then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.

nounA passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.

  • This forte marks the climax of the second movement.

More sentences with forte

  • The dynamic marking in bar 40 is forte.From the entry dynamic
  • There are two parts to the sword: the forte and the debole.2021, Guy Windsor, The Complete Rapier. From the entry debole
  • I definitely leaned towards the mountain bike, as road cycling isn't really my forte.2015 August, Dylan Ruddy, “The Final Stage”, in Mitch Lees, editor, Australasian Dirt Bike, Bauer Trader Media, page 115. From the entry pushie
  • Food styling is not my forte, but I arranged the sashimi as artfully as I could.2011 October, Jennifer Reese, “Restaurant Food”, in Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn’t Cook from Scratch—Over…. From the entry food styling
  • Garrison life and close order drills had never been my forte.2007, James Megellas, All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe, →ISBN, page 340. From the entry close order drill
  • Then comes Comet's true forte: starry-eyed, slowcore webs of patiently brushed cymbals and madly reverberated guitar.2005 August 12, Michael Chamy, “Comet's Feathers From the Wing EP Review”, in The Austin Chronicle, volume 24, number 50, page 61. From the entry wombadelia
  • Perhaps a signist's special forte may be gold leaf window lettering.1964, Steve Prohaska, Sign Painting the New Way, page 171. From the entry signist
  • The forte is for parrying, and the debole for striking.2021, Guy Windsor, The Complete Rapier. From the entry debole
  • The recording is for the most part clean and bright, with only an occasional blasty forte marring the otherwise excellent sound.1943, Steinway Review of Permanent Music - Volumes 3-10. From the entry blasty
  • He does not like twisting arms, LBJ's forte, preferring the force of reason, a commodity not in over-supply in the nation's capital.2012, Jurek Martin, “A Singular President”, in Literary Review, section 401. From the entry oversupply

Meaning of forte

  1. noun A strength or talent; a strong point.
  2. noun The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
  3. adverb Loudly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.

Full definition of forte

Questions about forte in a sentence

How do you use forte in a sentence?
Forte is used as a noun, adverb and adjective. For example: “He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.”
What is a short sentence with forte?
“The musicians played the passage forte.”
What does forte mean?
Forte means a strength or talent; a strong point.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forte (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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