Sentence examples for compelling sights from inspiring English sources

It is a lot to ask of the athletes, but Popov, the swimmer man, and Fernandez, the softball pitcher, must remind the world that sport, when it is clean and honest, is one of the world's more compelling sights.

It was not long ago that the repeat of a party political broadcast made for more rewarding viewing than Saracens, whose motto seemed to be "who dares sins", but as the season's long and windy road finally nears its conclusion there are few more compelling sights than the men in black, or red, as they were today.

Occasional holes in the crust revealed yellowing crystals and bubbling, steaming mud, a strange and compelling sight.

In the center of town, among the small huts, was a compelling sight: a large pink house swarming with Christmas-tree lights.

Ten years after Tolworth House, visiting London as a student, I found the compelling sight of Centre Point in giddy perspective as you rose from the infernal Tottenham Court Road tube completely intoxicating.

For an essentially unflashy footballer he remains an oddly compelling sight throughout all this, not obviously quick but mobile and relentless, not tricky but precise on the ball, and with a pummelling shot from a low backlift.

There can be no finer or more compelling sight to be had in cricket than that of Broad, with a glint in his eye and the wind in his sails, scything through an international batting lineup as if it were an Oakham School house match.

It was a compelling sight, one that brought an instinctive good feeling to practically everyone who saw it, which explains why the ratings for NBC's telecast were higher than those for any other hockey game shown in the United States in 11 years.

With thousands of mirrors directing sunlight to the top of a tower where steam is produced to drive turbines, it's a compelling sight.

I used to find aircraft sailing into the wild blue yonder a compelling and romantic sight -- yet another thing the terrorists have only temporarily taken from me.

The answer is less obvious than Ms. Falco and Mr. Donovan's substandard performances, though rather less compelling than the sight of Nina ironing her cheerleader's uniform in her underwear.