compelled
Example Sentences
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"Farmers are compelled to return to the field and stick with contract farming, hoping that they will at some point break even," Tembo told AFP.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
A rematch clause exists and, given the back-and-forth nature of those 11 rounds, it is a path both men may feel compelled to take.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The report said that while select committees do not normally focus on the leadership of individual private companies, MPs felt compelled to act because SEW appeared "shielded from the consequences of its incompetence".
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Candace was raised on Jackson’s catalog, so she felt compelled to dress up for the movie: “I just ran into my mom’s closet like, ‘What do you have?’”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Both his affability and his harshness compelled others as they did me; and he hath been admitted into a great variety of circles of friendship and amity that remain generally closed.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
