be compelled
Example Sentences
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Yaël Braun-Pivet, the president of France's National Assembly, said: "I refuse to allow women to be compelled to step aside in order to meet the demands of foreign visitors."
From BBC β Sep. 7, 2026
You cannot be compelled to serve as an executor, even if you’re named in someone’s will.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 7, 2026
Companies may be compelled to enter into these contracts to guarantee their access to memory and storage chips, because of their crucial role in all kinds of products from AI servers to smartphones to cars.
From Barron's β Jun. 26, 2026
It first lays out protections afforded to LPRs, declaring that they “shall not” be compelled to prove that they satisfy the requirements for legal entry “unless” one of six exceptions applies.
From Slate β Jun. 23, 2026
Apparently, the sustained and coordinated effort they required could be compelled only by the authority of religious faith—a faith that almost literally demanded the moving of mountains.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
