Sentence examples for compel themselves from inspiring English sources

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There is not much time and an urgent need for both weary parties to compel themselves into another fresh effort.They have already, under Bill Clinton's guidance, advanced a long way.

Filmmakers unwilling to break the sacrosanct continuity of action compel themselves to reveal character through action — and little is more tiresome in movies than scenes showing action that is supposed to reveal some aspect of character.

So when I come across a label that says Direct Trade, or even "Direct Trade Certified," I have to wonder why a brand would compel themselves to create something for consumers in order to differentiate themselves that really doesn't mean much.

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(Barbara Demick has described the way North Koreans compelled themselves to cry after Kim Il-sung's death).

While ballerinas and models have professional incentives for starving themselves, ordinary girls (and mature women but rarely boys and men) also feel compelled to pare themselves to the bone.

Why, she asked, did Khomeini compel women to "hide themselves, all bundled up," when they had proved their equal stature by helping to bring about the Islamic revolution?

Free expression was discouraged; pews were installed to compel worshippers to control themselves, and their possessed brethren were duly evicted on to the streets.

FRANKFURT — European banks may win back a measure of confidence from a plan that would compel them to arm themselves for a plunge in the value of Greek debt.

And while it takes power and privilege to be able to do the things he did, not everyone with those things has the skill to connect with people like that to compel them to show themselves in an authentic way.

The psychological system is concerned with stress; stress is caused by events that challenge people and compel them to adapt themselves in order to function as 'normal'normal

Every now and then prizes feel compelled to celebrate themselves.

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