- present participle of compel.
compelling
Example Sentences
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"We think that Firmus indeed has a compelling story. It just doesn't have a compelling valuation," UniSuper's chief investment officer John Pearce said in an update to investors.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
For 10 years now — actually, since around the time streaming decisively overtook people’s listening habits — these Beatles releases have made a pretty compelling case for the collectible physical object.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Saying all of this broadly without context would be an argument as compelling as Iñárritu’s — which is to say, not very.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
He does nothing to change this impression with the dark, compelling “Paper Tiger,” in which Miles Teller and Adam Driver play brothers in 1980s New York who become dangerously involved with the Russian mob.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But there is no compelling evidence for telepathy, and the communication of such information remains the task of artists and writers.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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