compulsory

compulsory
01. Military service is [compulsory] for young men in Korea and lasts for a period of just over 2 years.
02. Education for young people is [compulsory] up to the age of 16.
03. French language study is [compulsory] for all children in grades eight through ten.
04. He was able to avoid [compulsory] military service due to a medical condition.
05. Seatbelt use is [compulsory] in the province of British Columbia.
06. We live on an island, so I think that swimming lessons for all children should be [compulsory].
07. [Compulsory] voting for federal elections was introduced in Australia in 1924.
08. There is a [compulsory] background check for all those who wish to volunteer with children.
09. Tomorrow's practice is only [compulsory] for new members of the team.
10. One elective class is [compulsory] for all students, and a second elective is optional.
11. Regular worship is [compulsory] in Islam, and is included in the basic pillars of faith.
12. Medical insurance coverage is [compulsory] for all students studying in our program.
13. Medical examinations are [compulsory] for foreign students from certain designated countries in order to receive a visa.
14. Aristotle once said that every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, [compulsion], habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.
15. Abbie Hoffman once stated, "I believe in [compulsory] cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars."
16. W. Edwards Deming once observed that learning is not [compulsory], but neither is survival.
17. Public education for children became [compulsory] in Scotland in 1497.
18. She fought the [compulsion] to light up a cigarette.
19. The child felt a [compulsion] to run as he walked past the old house.
20. Her father is a [compulsive] gambler, and their family is having real financial difficulties as a result.
21. Suzie is [compulsively] clean and is constantly cleaning up around the house.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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