1.   His attention and trust gave her jocular ease with men and what acceptance she had of her own forceful character.

2.   John McLeish, himself a forceful character, felt as if he had been put through a wringer.

3.   He was a man of forceful character, with considerable insight and diplomatic skills.

4.   In such a match, some of those swing voters might wind up going for the more forceful character after all.

5.   Lyons said Boon, a former Marine, probably survived the incident because of his forceful character and knowledge of military tactics.