Sentence examples for compelling someone from inspiring English sources

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According to New York state law, a criminal sexual act includes forcibly compelling someone to engage in oral sex.

Gauguin's movement was centrifugal, from the centre to the edge, but it was counterbalanced by this opposite, centripetal movement compelling someone from the edges of the world to the epicentre of history.

No one's ever tested this approach in court, and I can't say whether a judge would be able to distinguish between "not revealing a secret order" and "failing to note the absence of a secret order", but in US jurisprudence, compelling someone to speak a lie is generally more fraught with constitutional issues than compelled silence about the truth.

"In the law, if you're compelling someone to do something, you use words like 'shall' or 'must.'".

In 1977's Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which established the constitutional principle at stake in Friedrichs, Justice Potter Stewart acknowledged that compelling someone to support their bargaining units may affect their First Amendment rights.

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There's something very beautiful and compelling about someone who has ambition and someone who knows what they want, but it can get a little frustrating at times, so I understand that.

"The deal has to be compelling for someone to take the risk".

But it's particularly compelling when someone gets hurt on a ride because it's supposed to be fun".

Mr. Harteveldt disagreed, saying that the Starwood offer can be "quite compelling" for someone who wants to fly and preserve cash.

In Mr. Bloomberg, both Democratic senators, Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, have found a compelling ally, someone who shares their political tendencies but who can also call on lawmakers in his own political party, lawmakers who know the value of having one of their own in charge of New York City.

While there will always be a need for escrow services in these sorts of transactions, I suspect bitcoin is far more compelling for someone selling gold online.

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