The phrase "compelling effect" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to something that is extremely powerful or convincing, often causing a strong reaction or response from someone. Example: The speaker's words had a compelling effect on the audience, as they were moved to tears by her emotional story.
Personal impressions and political commentary are combined to compelling effect.
If this sounds far too banal to produce a compelling effect, Luhrmann has used the technique quite successfully before.
Mr. Andersen's new album, "Beat Avenue," a double CD, wanders that thematic terrain as well, to similarly compelling effect.
Since 1902, it has become a kind of femme fatale of literature, exerting a curiously compelling effect upon authors, critics, playwrights, producers, and publishers.
Making the invisible wind visible in setups is something the French photographer Laurent Millet does to compelling effect in his "windtraps".
Not only is it a wonderfully concise history of the Tour, its competitors' stoicism and skullduggery displayed to compelling effect, it is quite ravishing to behold.
People should not be fined if they act differently – penalization belongs rather to laws and regulations – but the ethos produces socially compelling effects: people are effectively 'punished' by public morality, which criticizes and rejects certain behaviour.
He included some oddly compelling effects here as well.
This is one of the most compelling effects of the murders on the town.
In the absence of compelling effects on mortality or long-term quality of life, the only valuable surrogate outcome in critical care might be safe and significant reductions in total cost.
The most compelling result was the effect of triumph displays on nearby penguins, he says.
