Sentence examples for able to compel from inspiring English sources

It was positively toxic, able to compel vomit from gorgeous women.

It can make only recommendations, and is not able to compel change.

But prosecutors were able to compel their testimony with grand jury subpoenas, and one boy led to another.

Regulators will not be able to compel any divestment by Ryanair until after the company has exhausted its appeals.

Even if it bows to the ruling, federal officials may not be able to compel states to heed the court.

Feminists, moreover, became more influential inside the Democratic Party and were able to compel the party to take a firmer pro-choice stance.

'Under the act the present defendant may issue weekly orders for coal, as formerly, and may pay them in that commodity when desired by the holder, but instead of being able, as formerly, to compel the holder to accept payment of such orders in coal, the holder may, under the act, compel defendant to pay them in money.

Carefully averting any renewal of strife with England, he was able not only to compel France to back down in a naval dispute but also to send a powerful Dutch fleet to save Denmark from Swedish conquest in the First Northern War (1657 60).

The chasm between interestingness and importance is nowhere more evident than on the subject of climate change, a topic of immeasurable significance that only the most talented commentators and campaigners are able to render compelling.

However, force majeure – the limited number of pages that we were able to print – compelled us, reluctantly, to reject papers of indisputable merit.

The Trump administration appealed court rulings Wednesday by a federal judge that blocked federally approved programs in two states to compel some able-bodied people to work to qualify for Medicaid.