Sentence examples for Had compelled from inspiring English sources

Alas, the president's conduct had compelled her to do so.

It wasn't hard to guess what had compelled Madoff's investors to trust him.

Several said in interviews that the speech had compelled them to re-evaluate his candidacy.

Consecutive losses to Philadelphia and Dallas had compelled the Giants to do some soul-searching.

One said a teacher had compelled her to have sex with him if she wanted a passing grade.

No immediate peril had compelled the United States to go to war — certainly not the North Vietnamese.

Rather, he described a system of "paternalism" in which slaves had compelled their owners to recognize their humanity.

The initial reward was an effort off-target from Robben after Van Persie's shot had compelled Fernando Muslera to parry.

Some analysts doubt if Mr Wang would have dared to take the issue of Mr Heywood's death up with Mr Bo unless other circumstances had compelled him.

Grigory Volchek, a Lukoil spokesman, would not say which sanctions had compelled the pullout from the Anaran project, which includes several oil fields.

First, it had compelled the Germans to withdraw at least seven divisions from the Western Front, where they could ill be spared from the Verdun and Somme battles.