How To Use Compel In A Sentence

The theory I do not accept: one simply folds his sails, unships his rudder, and waits the will of Providence, or the arrival of some compelling fate. Saunterings
Like all those who have gone before us, may the revelation of Christ in our hearts compel us to lay down our lives before him in worship and adoration.
To wake up with her belly-up and demanding affection is to have your heart explode with the kind of joy that compels some people into a life of large-scale oil painting.
Hand, Schryhart, Arneel, and Merrill, weighted with this inpouring flood of stock, which they had to take at two-twenty, hurried to their favorite banks, hypothecating vast quantities at one-fifty and over, and using the money so obtained to take care of the additional shares which they were compelled to buy. The Titan
Now that I think about it, direct property distraint was a recognized means of compelling welchers to fulfill their obligations in the quasi-anarchic Brehon laws of Celtic Ireland, even if it was a case of tenants or debtors going after landlords or creditors. Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #30

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So I expose them to the objective complement and the compellative, and then stand aghast at their behavior when they make all the mistakes that can possibly be made in using a given number of words. Reveries of a Schoolmaster
This prompted the question that he explored through a compelling narrative. Times, Sunday Times
If the borsholder could not find such a number to answer for their innocence, the decennary was compelled by fine to make satisfaction to the king, according to the degree of the offence. [ The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John
They said that as their longer "taciturnity" might cause the ruin of his Majesty's affairs, they were at last compelled to break silence. The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84)
A compelling storyteller with many voices lyric, operatic and diaristic, Ms. Snyder is often provocative; occasionally didactic or off-key. The Lady of the Wild Things
Brown, OTOH, is attractive and charming, with a compelling tie to the military – MASS National Guard Units (like everywhere) have been heavly involved in the wars over the last 8 years, and stories about them abound on local news. Matthew Yglesias » The Limits of Scott Brown
I saw wheel tracks to the right, crossed by similar tracks back again to the road, and I guessed that the postilion had intended to drive his horses down the byroad, but having found it too rough or too narrow had been compelled to return, even at the cost of loss of time in backing. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow
They're compelling red wines of pipe-organ depth and power without excessive alcohol or overripeness. Two Worlds of Argentine Wines
This case for a belief module is far from unassailable, and indeed every one of these prongs is still vigorously disputed, but the whole picture is compelling.
Is the ultimate unified theory so compelling that it brings about its own existence?
That social science does not examine a phenomenon does not compel us to conclude that the phenomenon does not exist. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings
The tribunal has no legal power to compel his attendance. Times, Sunday Times
I am compelled to add my personal plea to the current campaign for all young adults to receive the Salk vaccine.
There is no compelling reason why a Bill should lapse at the end of a parliamentary session.
He felt a compelling need to tell someone about his idea.
It is this later Holiday which most recognise and her admirers point to her last years as her most compelling.
Hunger and poverty often compel the poor to overexploit the resources on which their own livelihoods depend.
Putting it all together yields a compelling story: European banks are shifting their cash assets out of European banks and putting much of them into US banks.
Each has written compellingly on this subject, yet each has been unselfishly and unfailingly supportive as we explored terrain that they already knew well. American Grace
There's something compelling, even mythic, about a boy reaching out from beyond the grave to save the children of his family's sworn enemy.
Auntly devotion must go decorously unvoiced, but it is no less compelling for that. Times, Sunday Times
However, the officer in charge of the investigation said it was the only way to gather compelling evidence.
We have known a male mierkat so assiduous in feeding young that were quite unrelated to himself, taking to them every morsel of food given him, that we have been compelled to shut him up in a room alone when feeding him, to prevent his starving himself to death: the male mierkat thus exhibiting exactly those psychic qualities which are generally regarded as peculiarly feminine; the females, on the other hand, being far more pugnacious towards each other than are the males. Woman and Labour
But Fable Coin Golf is a miniature triumph, brilliantly mixing the dynamics of pinball and shove ha'penny with cunningly compelling results. The 25 best smartphone games of 2011 (so far) – part one
I must however caution that financial and other constraints compel us to plan more conservatively than I imagine you would wish.
Rarities are always helped by any device which will rouse curiosity and compel remark.
In some ways that's no bad thing - what else is dance music for if not to compel you to boogie?
He scowled at Zilla, whose withered lips were again writhing into speech, and compelled her to silence. The White Man's Way
Especially compelling were the bathrooms, where colorful decals and objects extended from the more public washing areas into the stalls themselves.
_They_ were compelled to regard exploitage as a cruel but eternally unavoidable condition of the progress of civilisation; for when they lived it was and it always had been a necessity of civilisation, and they could not justly be expected to anticipate such a fundamental revolution in the conditions of human existence as must necessarily precede the passage from exploitage to economic equity. Freeland A Social Anticipation
The proposed mechanism is compelling, " says John Thompson, a molecular biologist at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
After September 11 everyone was talking about masculinity, mostly because any heterosexual woman who hadn't previously fetishized firemen now felt compelled to do so, if only out of gratitude.
Now that the conference has voted in favour of coalition, does that mean that you would feel compeled yourself to vote with the coalition on bills in the assemblyeven if you felt that a certain bill was making too much of a concesion to the other party or was in general against your LibDem principles? Back in circulation
Even if your alarm code is written elegantly and well, there is a compelling advantage to a centralized service.
They can exercise a subtle, unseen influence, somewhat like a magnetic field or centripetal force, compelling us inexorably back on ourselves.
Yes, she would be compelled to grant an encore -- to _grant_ one. Tales of the Five Towns
My paper was so badly reviewed that I was compelled to withdraw the paper.
Heathcliff, who, kinless and kithless, was in the end compelled to see the property he has so cruelly amassed descend to his hereditary enemies. Emily Brontë
For one thing, it will force the government to produce a compelling, coherent, consistent, and persuasive account of their programs, their debacles, and their triumphs.
A biggie is making sure the writing is clear and compelling, not florid and self-impressed. When To Use A PR Pro & How To Hire One
There are compelling arguments to make this alternative available. Times, Sunday Times
Some of my favorite food bloggerati including Jane Black, Mark Bittman, Tom Philpott, and Kristin Wartman among several others all wrote compelling pieces urging those of us in the "food movement" to start to align ourselves squarely within the ranks of the 99%. Ben Grossman-Cohen: Action > Anger
In his hands he carried two sticks" Father Sticks, they were called" which he beat against the tree in a compelling, arhythmic pattern all the while he climbed. Speaker for the Dead
I am oppressed by a nameless and mysterious suffering, .. my brain is darkened, -- my thoughts but half-formed and never wholly uttered, and I, -- I who once deemed human intelligence and reason all-supreme, all-clear, all-absolute, am now compelled to use that reason reasonlessly, and to work with that intelligence in helpless ignorance as to what end my mental toil shall serve! Ardath
It may make compelling viewing. Times, Sunday Times
During the first attempt at reform, it initially seemed as if internal and external forces would align to compel the President to take real action.
The evidence that white phosphorus shells have been fired as a smoke screen is so compelling that the denials have increasingly lacked credibility. Times, Sunday Times
Sorley's depiction of how General Abrams dedicated himself to this task is compelling.
Four hundred species of flowers, including Indian paintbrushes, prickly poppies, flowering herbs, and the most compelling blossom of all - the bluebonnet, the Texas state flower.
Yet there are compelling reasons to think there will be some slowdown. Times, Sunday Times
McCormack said ending the North Korean nuclear program, which included a weapons test in 2006, is a "compelling" U.S. national security interest.
I have recommitted myself to discovering a slower lifestyle -- I do, of course, fully believe in the power of poetry and play -- but the siren song of a highly productive life still calls compellingly to me. Christine Carter, PhD: Borrowing Time for Bliss
He was compelled to study philosophy and theology by his parents, which he greatly resented, and he graduated from the University of Basel with a master's degree in philosophy in 1671 and a licentiate in theology in 1676.
Comity takes another pratfall at the Kirkland household with this compelling argument The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional
The breakthrough toward subjectivism is indeed compelling but rationalism was not finished yet for all that.
So excessive was the Roman horror of obscenity that even physicians were compelled to use a euphemism for _urina_, and though the _urinal_ or _vas urinarium_ was openly used at the dining-table (following a custom introduced by the Sybarites, according to Athenæus, Book XII, cap. 17), the decorous guest could not ask for it by name, but only by a snap of the fingers (Dufour, op. cit., vol. ii, p. 174). Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism
I think there's a compelling case to be made that, by and large, an appropriator from a dominant culture carrying out such an act is likely to be doing so for negative motives and to negative results, that historically such cross-cultural sacrilege is motivated by misrepresentation and discrimination and aimed towards furthering misrepresentation and discrimination. Archive 2006-09-01
Second, he adds, he believes that the government does not have a sufficiently compelling interest in banning discrimination against various groups to overcome that presumption. The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar
I think the most compelling argument in favor of no age banding is the harm it might do to adult literacy and English Language learners. But enough about you. Or me.
I'm Not Scared may signal a renewal of compelling, socially aware Italian film-making.
On the contrary, the opposite view is intellectually more compelling.
In the process the British created their national identity — as the special people of a small, beleaguered island — which compelled them to see their kin, the Americans, as a distinct people barbarized by their savage continent. 1812 and All That: A New Country at War
A person who has proof can therefore believe and can be compelled by belief to act with conviction.
We drew our battle-axes at the same instant, and rushed at each other, but before either had an opportunity to strike, the pipe was thrust between us, compelling us to desist, to disobey which is instant death. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
When an Olympic event incorporates brawling with the paparazzi into its most compelling moments, something has gone horribly wrong.
Acting on reports from his scouts, Antony and the assassin Decimus Turullius set out with several legions and Galatian cavalry and defeated the leading legions; Octavian was compelled to halt. Antony and Cleopatra
If we do that in the case of Bosnia, it is not so difficult to understand why a middle course of muddling through was originally chosen: it is the response that one would expect from any statesman or stateswoman who had a genuine desire to safeguard humanitarian values but no compelling national interest to become directly involved in a conflict and persuasive prudential reasons to stay out.
The word driveth does not mean that he was compelled forcibly against his will to go there, but that he was inclined to go there by the Spirit, or was led there. Barnes New Testament Notes
It should be noted that it was only following the LTTE blocking of water supply to the East at the Mavilaru anicut, that the Government was compelled to undertake military operations against the LTTE in order to protect the civilian population and vital strategic assets including the Trincomalee Port. Asian Tribune
It’s certainly more compelling than the romantic sublot between Claire and The Flying Puberty Case. Are “Mohinder & Matt” From Heroes The “Bert & Ernie” Of Primetime Television? | Best Week Ever
If your poverty of expression compel you to make any distinction between the two, we would certainly recommend your bestowing more admiration on his garden than his wine. Sketches by Boz
He'd had the most compelling eyes she'd ever encountered.
Sport is vivid, compelling, ambiguous and open to all kinds of subjective interpretations. Times, Sunday Times
It was - and is - a compelling testament to the power of citizenship, otherwise known as strength in numbers.
Is the ultimate unified theory so compelling that it brings about its own existence?
Of course, what is so compelling about e-cards is that they're easy to send, easy to personalize, and have dynamic content.
Granma (which, now that I've said it a few times, is a really bad name for any magazine except the house organ of the American Association of Retired People) had "compelling" "evidence" of the U.S. attack, claiming that if the parasite, which is known as varroa, had infiltrated the island naturally, it would've spread from east to west. American Beat: Bad Bee-Havior?
Tools, parts, toys, instruments, tchotchkes - the weight of some new thing in my hand, often small, metallic and well machined, compels me to add it to my life.
He has not felt compeled to go along with the crowd and has often had well thought out positions. Six Council Members STILL Don't Get It!
The shield is nowhere near as strong as the attorney's, and third parties with a colorable need for the information will be able to compel accountants to produce it.
It's a fervently political film that should compel viewers to action.
Truth compels me to state that the division was made honestly, and that little Stennes crime did not seem so terrible to him when he heard the coins jingling under his blouse, and thought of the games of galoche which he had in prospect. The Child Spy
The film is, like its centerpiece child, compelling precisely because it weaves together perfection and imperfection, artistry and reality, reason and sentiment.
The biggest surprise was Everett's Holmes: a compelling, brilliant, darkly original character, much closer to the original stories than to the deerstalkers and meerschaums and Basil Rathbone.
Future performances may well be tighter, but for now this concerto is an uncompelling curiosity. Times, Sunday Times
Nature and Law compel it: whose direction now is towards grand centripetalism, where before they had ordained heterogeneity and the scattering and aloofness of peoples. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
I felt that it might lead me to understand why photography as an art form compels my interest.
We urge the Government to protect this building from destruction because of its harmonious architectural proportions and compelling social history. Times, Sunday Times
He had recently declared in Yorkshire that "nothing on earth should ever tempt him to accept place," and that he was conscious of the power to compel the execution of measures which, before that democratic election, he could only "ventilate". The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837)
Some pitiable excuses were pleaded, and in a great many instances it was said that lack of boots and clothing had compelled self-respecting parents to keep their offspring at home.
The strangest thing about this book is how compelling it is, and the compulsion of it is not simply that of the compulsion to rubberneck at the scene of a gruesome accident.
The book is a series of disjunctive jottings, often compelling in themselves, but not always smoothly related.
His courage and skill compel our admiration.
In astrology Mars represents the compelling force of action and initiative.
I am indebted to my correspondent Mrs D. M. Ross for this compelling tale.
If your work compels you to wear nylon tights, then remove them as soon as you return home and wash your feet well. Stay Well This Winter
This's a fair sketch of idiosyncrasy run amuck, but it's also a compelling portrait of mental and spiritual extremity.
It has been described as having a compelling narrative and vivid imagery, giving voice to alternative views.
As I pointed out, the decision to prosecute is independent of the decision to compel testimony (the North case notwithstanding; there they screwed the process up). Balkinization
So on this line of thought, the anti-social behavior of young people in this category derives from their "demoralization" -- their failure, or society's failure, to absorb a compelling set of normative standards about personal and social conduct. Disaffected youth
The anecdotal evidence, reported in professional journals as well as the popular media, is compelling: Music heals.
The film holds a few surprises - not in clichéd twists, but in unexpected plot developments that make the film more compelling.
I had, somehow, got both lords and deans associated in my mind with infinite swillings of port wine, and bacchanalian orgies, and sat down at first, in much fear and trembling, lest I should be compelled to join, under penalties of salt-and-water; but Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography
The confidence of the Milanese redoubled when they learned that he had promised the members of the assembled clergy to maintain the catholic worship and clergy as already established, and had compelled them to take the oath of fidelity to the cisalpine republic. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
It is hard to make such subjects anything but compelling. Times, Sunday Times
It is a compelling tool that profoundly amplifies the book's effect. The Times Literary Supplement
Johnston predicts that Japan will be compelled to liberalize its strict immigration policies.
I've never heard any really compelling justification as to why a lunar outpost is a more cost effective means of developing the technology needed to go to Mars. Moon Outpost or Bust - NASA Watch
And the idea of a day or two of not being the Captain (and First Mate, and deckhand, and cook, and scullery maid) of the Good Ship Our House is just so, so, so compelling. Guilt, Trip - Her Bad Mother
The replacement cycle tends to be three years for PCs, and a compelling set of technologies and features also motivates replacements.
The evil wizard Tymon the Black is actually not so evil - he's an unfortunate precognitive who's compelled to arrange events for the best possible outcome for the world. Odin's Day
I was unwillingly compelled to take pleasure in the first hour and a half of the descent from the top of the Lukmanier towards Disentis, but this is only a ripping over of the brimfulness of Italy on to the Swiss side. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino
Her feminism has to do with making yourself the most attractive, invulnerable, compelling object that you can.
Here, the assonance rhyme between the two principal terms sets the stage for a compelling comparison made on a genuinely imaginative and rather unexpected basis.
A port operator shall not make a monopoly of the operation or conduct illegitimate competition and shall not by any means compel another person to accept the port services he provides.
What he needs more than his rivals is a compelling issue (maybe a critique of the administration's civil-liberties record) to give his candidacy heft.
To the extent that the motion for leave to submit surrebuttal is a motion to compel, as discussed above, it is denied.
From today painting is dead" is an aphorism often attributed to Paul Delaroche, a 19th-century French painter, upon seeing the first daguerreotypes though Wikipedia maintains there is no compelling evidence that he actually said it. Farewell to the fine art of focusing
And to add supporting Gingrich into the mix - the self-described "historian" and constitutional champion who also advocates arresting judges who make decisions with which he disagrees and compelling them to defend their decisions in front of congress - well... no... that wouldn't require another name adjustment. News - latimes.com
Insofar as the two halves are extricable, Tiersen's contribution is more compelling.
Ever since Goody, our twelve-year-old bichon frise, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, I have been compelled by pity and fear to do his bidding. Knowing Jesse
There are compelling arguments to make this alternative available. Times, Sunday Times
The third and final issue surrounds the proper application of military power, whether and when it is appropriate to use military force or the threat of force to compel peace.
Cheney said recent information gleaned from a top former Pakistani nuclear scientist provided compelling evidence that Pyongyang has an active atomic weapons program.
This case also established the important principle that issues 13.7.8 Reasons Can the expert be compelled to produce reasons for his decision?
The chicken livers were compelling, with a moreish, umami savoury flavour. Times, Sunday Times
The most compelling argument, and the issue at the heart of the liberal perversion of liberalism, is in the area of humanitarianism.
It is a compelling answer in the post-modern era of nonhierarchical thinking, chaos theory, Wikipedia, the Internet and collective intelligence -- or collective folly. In Richmond, a Civil War expert seeks to emancipate history's narrative
The trouble is, it is his larger-than-life character that helps make him the compelling cricketer he is. The Sun
He was a seventh child and his mother, left a widow in early life and compelled to earn her livelihood, saw scant chance of educating him when the kindly assistance of a Canon of the Cathedral and President of the Collége de Noyon relieved her difficulties. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Then said she, “An thou wilt have it so, O our lord, it will be privier and better in my place than in thine, for here are slave-girls and eunuchs and goers-in and comers-out, and indeed I am a woman who wotteth naught of this fashion; but need compelleth.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
As a Christian, you can say Sathya Sai Baba's miracle stories are not interesting, let's not pay attention to them, but if you set them within the prescientific religious milieu of the first-century Roman Empire, suddenly miracle stories become especially compelling. The God Debate
Exactly; it all seems to come down to semantics to me, which isn't a compelling argument for existence or non-existence, and therefore epistemologically interesting, but useless in practice. Against Darwinism
The ten chromolithographs produced from his oil sketches are compelling images of western exploration of the 1870s.
She is compelling, spectral, fascinating, an unforgettably unique performer.
The novel has a compelling though unsubtle eloquence.
The case for greater nationalization is compelling.
Regardless of the reasons, Indian anatomists and zoologists, who were no doubt just as curious as the Greeks about the origins of life, and as skilled in dissection, did not feel compelled to set their disciplines up in opposition to metaphysics. LSD and the Third Eye
What made the drama so compelling was its inexorability and its absence of hope, and a feelgood get-out clause would be lame and unrealistic. TV review: Public Enemies; The Fat Fighters; King George and Queen Mary: The Royals who Rescued the Monarchy
After I left the parking lot of the store, something compelled me to drive around.
Mix the ingredients and a compelling story emerges - not only because it is a cracking yarn but because we think we know most of the details already.
‘Certainly,’ replied Traddles; ‘but, in the meanwhile, and until everything is done to our satisfaction, we shall maintain possession of these things; and beg you — in short, compel you — to keep to your own room, and hold no communication with anyone.’ David Copperfield
Moneyrunner: Comity takes another pratfall at the Kirkland household with this compelling argumentArthur then makes the case for partisan posturing rather than principle. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional
This film has compelling intersecting historical references via the dress of the 18th century and the African batiks (cloth designs) of today.
The temptation to let go was strongly compelling and had a good argument to back it up.
That they were is not only compelling evidence that DU [Depleted Uranium] ammunition and armour-piercing technology were present, it is compelling evidence that Bush's 'official conspiracy theory' of 911 is utter bullshit! Why were 'first responders' de-contaminated at the Pentagon?
But beyond that, what it illustrates is that other states now will feel compelled to do things. Napolitano takes aim at Arizona immigration law
It is a compelling tale of doppelgängers and magicians.
However, it will have no power to compel testimony, or to bring prosecutions.
We should therefore feel compelled to grant Joyce's premise that there is such a complete non-moral genealogy only if we have already given up on the idea of knowable moral truths. Morality and Evolutionary Biology
His kiss was an assault, punitive, compelling her lips to part, robbing her of breath.
The sound's friendliness to notions of racial integration gave it a progressive edge, but more than that it was boundlessly fun and propulsive, marked by an up-down beat that compelled audiences to jump around. Continental, Experimental
It is a compelling study of personal identity.
blowin 'sna"; question the Scandinavian, whose calling compels him to encamp on the open "fjeld"; interrogate Swede or Norwegian, Finn or The Boy Slaves
The connection was not immediate, however; plein-air painting had flourished for almost a century before it discovered the garden as a compelling subject.
On March 31st there was a violent quarrel between the women of two settlements, and the “reguli” embarked with all their host, to fight it out; Rampano was the victor, and after the usual palaver the vanquished was compelled to pay a heavy fine. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
Your intelligence tells you that such a process is not abstract reasoning, and your homocentric thesis compels you to conclude that it can be only a mechanical, instinctive process. The Other Animals
In fact, the similarity is so compelling that D'Arcy has no business attempting a denial.
This is the most compelling matchup of the third round and the most difficult to prognosticate.
This it does either by specifically compelling the promisor to perform or by awarding the promisee damages to put him in as good a position as if the promise had been kept.
As Romantic drama evolves, the pariah soon becomes the most compelling of characters.
The tribunal has no legal power to compel his attendance. Times, Sunday Times
I'm finding it really fresh and compelling (even in unsigned form) 10: 30 AM Brian Ruckley - News & Views
But flip the switch and Nexi comes to life with human-like dexterity and mannerisms that compel us to see a mind in the machine.
One of the book's most compelling sections weaves together the varied auction history of Claude Monet's "Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil," an exemplary Impressionist landscape. An Auction Life, Self-Appraised
Rich, worldly and sophisticated, he could have been the ideal husband for Gwendolen but feels compelled to crush her independent spirit and mould her into his perfect wife.
David Allvey, chairman of Costain, said: "The board of Costain continues to believe that there is a compelling strategic rationale for combining Costain and Mouchel and creating an enlarged group with enhanced critical mass to meet the customer trend towards larger and longer-term bundled solutions. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Garfield's visceral acting and Shaw and Rossen's forceful screenplay compel us, perhaps against our will, to accept Jacob Goff as an amoral, compassionless chiseler.
When Egypt became a Turkish pashalic, Selim, the conqueror, compelled the representative of the Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature
But so strong are the temptations to deviate from this path that we must make it an unbreakable precept never to give our assent unless the evidence compels it.
And we now have compelling evidence that German forces deliberately carried out a scorched-earth policy; they flooded mines, blew up bridges and stripped bare factories as they retreated.
Reno apparently felt compelled to deny not just that she was a lesbian, but that she had any sexuality at all.
She's one of Woody's great creations, a larger than life figure who is compelled to transform every moment of her offstage life into a drama worthy of the hammiest theater. Archive 2008-06-01
Easily fired at the idea of any injustice, and eager to redress the grievances of _the poor, _ Forester immediately concerted with these boys a scheme to deliver them from what he called the insolence of the dancing-master, and promised that he would compel him to go round by another street. Tales and Novels — Volume 01
From my capin I'm evited and likewise compelled to go Castle Garden
Seem compelled to, tho, habit of keeping a record of everything that happens, discipline of fieldwork. TROPIC OF NIGHT
They plunder the natural resources, particularly oil, in order to compel their allies to submit to their diktat and to a collective imperialism operating to the exclusive benefit of the trans-national corporations.
But what makes this most compelling is the perfect view of the whole curve of that ancient amphitheatre. Times, Sunday Times
His disarming amiability and jocular charm were irresistible, but his art was immediately compelling on its own terms, and largely responsible for fueling all the interest.
I can only imagine this could make for some really compelling literature -- after all, it was the flexibility of the English language that gave Shakespeare such leeway for brilliance in his day -- but when daily news depends on clarity and brevity, overcoming a basic problem like an unstandardized language is no small feat. Victoria Fine: Why Can't Kurdish Journalists Write Well? A Look at Modern Media in Iraq
Specifically, I am endlessly compelled by the notion that higher stages or levels do not preexist, that is, they are not "given" but are literally created by brave individuals who actually venture into new, uncharted territory, laying down "Kosmic grooves" that others follow, which eventually become actual new structures or stages. Unalog
The possible alternatives - fear of Russian revanchism, desire for self-defense, German enthusiasm for expansion, a wish for these countries to cement their status as stable democracies - are certainly not compelling.
But now suppose that your mind is in its nature discursive, erratic, subject to electric attractions and repulsions, volage; it may be impossible for you to compel your attention except by taking away all external disturbances. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
The most compelling lesson of this marathon legal affair is that truth is no shining city on a hill.
Government was compelled to cancel the concession, the President himself denouncing the action of the concessionnaire as fraudulent. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs
They were often compelled to work eleven or twelve hours a day.
Blücher was compelled to give ground, and his repulse was the signal for a general Allied retreat. THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON
And, more than sixty years on from the siege, the compelling attraction of music in this place is evidently still felt by ordinary citizens.
Across the board, the creative industries must embrace this, and ensure their product is snackable, but most of all compelling.
It is a compelling account of a commonly flawed man who accepted the sacrifices of service and survived with honor.
It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim.
He had, as I, have said, expressly ordered me to tutoy him; but he was every moment compelled to repeat this order to me, for respect tied my tongue every time I tried to say tu. Recollections of the private life of Napoleon
Occasionally there is too much glad-handing and backslapping, but overall it's a compelling complement to the film.
It would seem a shame to turn down such a cunning manoeuvre without a compelling need.
I am indebted to my correspondent Mrs D. M. Ross for this compelling tale.

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