Sentence examples for Compelling proving from inspiring English sources

These morality plays are what make "Once" so compelling, proving that even heroes are flawed and make bad decisions -- a good lesson for the show's younger viewers.

They had wanted to see the American, and I think Sergei had felt compelled to prove that he really did have one.

Some analysts predict that new leaders may feel compelled to prove their nationalist credentials by engaging in provocative actions that could worsen tensions with South Korea and Japan and their main ally, the United States.

Those who have not -- and most lawmakers have not -- invariably find him condescending, like the kid who knows he is the smartest boy in the class and feels compelled to prove it.

Before long Clare is compelled to prove David wrong about her, and Hadley makes it clear that the deviousness with which Clare pulls apart and remakes her life is evidence, above all, that she is a voracious reader.

European leaders will now feel compelled to prove their resolve, without so isolating and alienating Austria that it only strengthens the position of Jorg Haider, the far-right populist whom European leaders hoped to exclude from their ranks.

As a scientist with a different cultural identity, Bounceur also felt compelled to prove himself more in the laboratory.

The central relationship between Tom and Danny proves compelling.

In Francis O'Connor's lowering unit set and period costumes, much of the rest of the staging nevertheless proves compelling.

Thirty years after its premiere, Ms. Tharp's "Bach Partita" — a study in high classicism that ambitiously advances ballet style into exciting density — proves compelling.

Puts the burden on prosecutors to justify the introduction of hearsay evidence, rather than compelling the defendant to prove that such evidence is unreliable.