compel
Example Sentences
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"I didn't see why anybody felt compelled to pick a team. But a lot of people did, thankfully for the play."
From BBC
"With four compelling growth options across Chile, Argentina, Arizona and South Australia, we are well positioned to capture the forecast higher long term copper prices," he said in a statement.
From Barron's
Like a growing number of Tucson residents, she felt compelled to stop and say a prayer alongside the growing array of flowers at the end of her driveway.
From BBC
But the lack of compelling performances renders this complex tragedy, and its conflicted central character, frustratingly flat and stubbornly unengaging.
“Our partners have embraced Yosemite’s approach of de-risking the earliest and most compelling ideas from top academic labs,” Reed Jobs said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
