compelled

Example Sentences

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“Some are willing participants, and others are going to be compelled because of this envelope of funding, or they don’t want to get in the crosshairs with tariffs.”

From Salon

FDR felt compelled to dramatically reconfigure our economic norms at the time to pull us out of the Great Depression.

From Barron's

Years later, after the release of her memoir, she felt compelled to finally see it through.

From Los Angeles Times

The scene he witnessed - of a huge number of bodies lying on the ground at a forensic medical centre in Tehran - was so distressing that he felt compelled to share it, he told the BBC.

From BBC

That said, in case anyone from the Department of Health and Human Services watches “Primate” on an airplane, I feel compelled to mention that the rabies vaccine is 100% effective.

From Los Angeles Times