Sentence examples for almost compelled to from inspiring English sources

Corporate executives, for their part, are almost compelled to play.

She felt almost compelled to win as many prizes as possible, as a mark of distinction.

I began to tremble and I was almost compelled to kneel there.

He seems almost compelled to make the offensive remarks -- e.g., "I want to eat your kids" to Lennox Lewis -- that provoke the very reaction that troubles him.

Gen. & the director of the FBI that wiretapping was an established & perfectly legal way to deal with such matters - he was almost compelled to infer that the people on his list would be put under surveillance.

I gazed in awe at the worn stone staircase that wound up to the second floor of the Beaux-Arts building, feeling almost compelled to tiptoe, as if entering a cathedral.

Just like the East Coast vs. West Coast debate that engulfed much conversation about Golden Era rap, you almost felt compelled to pick a side when it came to the topic of 2Pac's supposed passing.

"Like someone making amends in a 12-step program, I almost felt compelled to contact everyone who had ever been impacted by my autism -- whether positively or negatively -- and explain".

I probably would not have had that conversation with an ordinary stranger - but here, I almost felt compelled to.

Hearing people complain about waiting in line "Almost two and a half hours" almost compelled me to say something, but I buried my head in my eighth coke and finished my croissant (why the hell did I get a croissant?).

But, with the militants nearing Baghdad, and the Iraqi Army faltering, President Obama will almost certainly feel compelled to act.