Sentence examples for a form of compulsion from inspiring English sources

My research with women and girls in Pakistan, for instance, highlights women who view waged-work not as a "choice" or "right" but as a form of compulsion in the context of an extremely precarious and exploitative work environment.

These girls viewed waged work not as a 'choice' or a 'right' but as a form of compulsion, primarily because the work opportunities available to them are often contingent and highly exploitative.

For example, the anxious Type A personality emerges as a maladaptive coping response to deal with a high work stress environment; the control freak often exhibits perfectionism traits and Type A behaviors; and the workaholic frequently suffers from a form of obsessive compulsion or even addiction that helps mask anxiety [ 24- 26].

"Enjoy it while it lasts," he concludes, offering (by way of a quotation from "Melancholia") a pre-emptive epitaph for a form of cultural consumption, built around "compulsion" and "communion," with roots in ancient Athens and, apparently, no future to speak of.

In the essay "I Want to Be a Whole Person but Really Thin," Broder chronicles her long struggles with disordered eating habits, describing herself as "an eater of numbers," with counting calories yet another form of compulsion.

Commentators have argued that while women continue to reach board level, the numbers will never reach the quota level without some form of compulsion or other forms of support.

Previously a form of madness which only afflicted Arsenal supporters, the compulsion to display giant images of Atom and Humber has now reached Manchester United.

Ms. de Berk said her "compulsion" referred to her love for laying out Tarot cards, a form of fortune telling, for her patients.

In this case, we felt he had a kind of compulsion to confess".

Very strange!" Explaining her hidden "compulsion" recently, Ms. de Berk said it was her love for laying out Tarot cards, a form of fortune telling, for critically ill patients.

King's compulsion to entertain — both himself and the enormous public whom he now, kind of archly, addresses as "Constant Reader" — is, however helpless, a form of generosity, a gift horse not to be looked in the mouth.