Sentence examples for compel respect from inspiring English sources

He's got enormous forearms that compel respect.

Whatever the reader's feelings, the system and some individuals in it compel respect.

The Court stated in Elkins v. United States (1960) that the rule's function "is to deter to compel respect for the constitutional guaranty in the only effectively available way by removing the incentive to disregard it".

His record as a player compels respect, he is smart and he knows his rugby.

For most of the officers and men, the commanding general was a cold figure who compelled respect — and a touch of fear.

Bell's writing has never seemed more vivid, a flexible instrument that carries a huge plot forward without strain, calling little attention to itself, although its concreteness compels respect, as when he writes, "The rain came down all at once as if it had been dumped from a basin on high," or "A pair of gulls came crying over the square, blown by the warm wind from the sea.

Oblivious to the appalled reaction around the globe, he promises to compel the respect of world leaders through " the aura of personality".

But "it's a very dangerous statement that thus far the administration does not seem to feel compelled to respect [all] of the judiciary's rulings".

Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Courts cannot compel governments to respect our human rights but, in a democracy, we can.

He used the army against the interests of the American people in his efforts to enforce an embargo that was intended to compel Britain and France to respect America's rights as a neutral during the Napoleonic wars and ultimately to bring those two countries to the peace table.