Sentence examples for compelled it from inspiring English sources

Perhaps it was because, despite being the first portable music player, it wasn't as easy to lug around as the MP3 player; its chunky dimensions compelled it to be worn clipped to a belt, creating the danger that it would unclip itself – which it did with obnoxious regularity – and crash to the ground, disgorging its batteries.

This caveat was initially included to placate the National Rifle Association, which had pledged to whip votes against any measure that compelled it to reveal the source of its funding.

Southern, for example, fought doggedly for years against the same federal regulations that have now compelled it to install new anti-pollution equipment at its power plants through the Southeast.

When Rome overthrew the Macedonian dynasty (167 bc), it deprived Acarnania of Leucas, the capital of the revived confederacy, and compelled it to send hostages to Rome; but the confederacy, with its capital at Thyrrheum, survived until the Roman emperor Augustus incorporated many Acarnanians into his new city, Nicopolis Actia; the rest were included in the province of Achaea.

The logic of the whole system compelled it.

Italy signed a peace treaty in 1947 that compelled it to return looted items within 18 months.

He could also sue Facebook and try to obtain a court order to compel it to alter its German operations.

This creates significant international leverage over Iran, which should be used to compel it to halt its enrichment program.

The first thing NOW did was to seek a writ of mandamus against the E.E.O.C., compelling it to perform its legal function.

The company is bringing fulfillment jobs to dense coastal areas like Baltimore because its business plan compels it to.

Its financial structure does not compel it to change, either.