compelled
Example Sentences
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What if, after your 10-minute daily allotment, you are captivated and feel compelled to read further?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
If not, unions were compelled to hold an election to become certified.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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
“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
I simply never felt compelled to subject another human being to our way of life.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
