compel

compel
01. The single mother was [compelled] to take on a second part-time job in order to feed her family.
02. The government has introduced legislation to [compel] public buildings to spend a certain amount of their budget on art.
03. I felt [compelled] to work overtime to help my colleagues get the project finished on time.
04. The novel is violent and horrifying, yet at the same time [compelling] and impossible to put down.
05. Recent events in the region have [compelled] the U.N. to send in more troops to enforce the ceasefire.
06. We are [compelled] by law to attend school for at least ten years.
07. Patrick Blackett once said that people who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're boring, whereas an unhappy childhood [compels] you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy.
08. Alvin Toffler once remarked that if we do not learn from history, we shall be [compelled] to relive it.
09. Plato once noted that astronomy [compels] the soul to look upwards, and leads us from this world to another.
10. Dostoyevsky once noted that it is only by self-respect that you will [compel] others to respect you.
11. Ansel Adams once said that the [compelling] force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
12. Her parents [compelled] her to take piano lessons for a few years, so she knows how to play, but she has never really enjoyed it.
13. Isaac Newton observed that every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is [compelled] to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
14. In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schoolchildren could not be [compelled] to salute the American flag if doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs.
15. A German proverb notes that to advise is not to [compel].
16. I felt [compelled] to go for a run because it was such a lovely, sunny day.
17. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that no one may be [compelled] to belong to an association.
18. Much of our behavior is controlled by internal factors that [compel] us in the direction of a goal.
19. Ashley Montagu once observed that our emotional need for love is as definite and [compelling] as our need for food.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • compel — com·pel /kəm pel/ vt com·pelled, com·pel·ling: to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure and esp. by authority or law cannot compel the defendant to testify the result...is compelled by, the original understanding of the fourteenth… …   Law dictionary

  • Compel — Com*pel , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compelling}.] [L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See {Pulse}.] 1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Compel — Com*pel , v. i. To make one yield or submit. If she can not entreat, I can compel. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • compel — mid 14c., from O.Fr. compellir, from L. compellere to drive together, drive to one place (of cattle), to force or compel (of persons), from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + pellere to drive (see PULSE (Cf. pulse) (1)). Related: Compelled …   Etymology dictionary

  • compel — *force, coerce, constrain, oblige Analogous words: impel, drive, *move: *command, order, enjoin Contrasted words: prevail, *induce, persuade, get: *coax, cajole, wheedle, blandish …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • compel — [v] force to act bulldoze*, coerce, concuss, constrain, crack down, dragoon, drive, enforce, exact, hustle, impel, make, make necessary, necessitate, oblige, put the arm on*, put the chill on*, restrain, shotgun*, squeeze, throw weight around*,… …   New thesaurus

  • compel — ► VERB (compelled, compelling) 1) force or oblige to do something. 2) bring about by force or pressure. ORIGIN Latin compellere, from pellere drive …   English terms dictionary

  • compel — [kəm pel′] vt. compelled, compelling [ME compellen < OFr compellir < L compellere < com , together + pellere, to drive: see FELT1] 1. to force or constrain, as to do something 2. to get or bring about by force 3. Archaic to gather or… …   English World dictionary

  • compel — verb 1) he compelled them to leave their land Syn: force, pressure, press, push, urge; dragoon, browbeat, bully, intimidate, strong arm; oblige, require, make; informal lean on, put the screws on 2) they can compel compliance …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Compel — To compel one to present information to a jury is done by order of a judge. If a judge believes the individual has information relevant to the cause, he can force that person to present that information or be subject to arrest for contempt of… …   Wikipedia

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