compelled
Example Sentences
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Even Summers was compelled to point out, in an interview with “48 Hours”: “There’s a difference between being not guilty and being innocent.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
“If consumers were compelled to live within their means, real consumer spending right now would be in a borderline recessionary state,” writes veteran economist David Rosenberg, head of Rosenberg Research.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
“If consumers were compelled to live within their means, real consumer spending right now would be in a borderline recessionary state,” writes veteran economist David Rosenberg, head of Rosenberg Research.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Compulsions are the repetitive acts that can be mental or physical that the individual feels compelled to do to temporarily relieve the stress of obsessions.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
With the power of her eyes alone she had compelled a glass of water to tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress, and anybody who could do that could do anything.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
