Sentence examples for compelled to assert from inspiring English sources

But, in comedy as well as onscreen, Williams seems compelled to assert his own humanity.

Mr. Genovese repeatedly felt compelled to assert that his books were not an apology for slavery.

Warwick, like Andy, has uncomfortable encounters with disabled people, makes boneheaded comments pertaining to race and feels compelled to assert his heterosexuality.

As the anxiety spread through the financial markets, two other big banks, one in Ohio and another in Washington State, were compelled to assert that they were sound.

ALL may not be well at the White House if the president feels compelled to assert, as George W. Bush did in a television interview last week, that "the person who is in charge is me".

The mood darkened further on Tuesday, when the Wachovia Corporation was compelled to assert that it was sound as its share price was swept lower for a fifth day.

Notwithstanding their utter lack of real resources or leverage, circumstances have compelled them to assert that they are the saviors of Europe.

The only "disadvantage" to being open about my sexual orientation that I've encountered is that it sometimes requires me or even compels me to assert myself more, defend myself more, and believe in myself more, possibly more than some of my peers had to.

But the Giuliani administration has not felt compelled to spend the money on housing programs, asserting that the commitment made years ago is neither legally binding nor fiscally smart.

While investment bankers can unashamedly cop to greed, thespians to vanity and claims adjusters to the validation of a promotion, politicians feel compelled to perform an elaborate pantomime of unalloyed altruism, asserting that self-interest and self-satisfaction are nowhere in the equation of their ambitions.

Barely hiding their contempt for the summit meeting, which they portrayed as an attempt to corner their leader, Fatah officials asserted today that Mr. Arafat had been compelled to go to Sharm el Sheik under intense international pressure.