Sentence examples for compels in from inspiring English sources

Rather than simply making cooperation more worthwhile (and thus, in a sense, more compelling), this strategy involves arranging for the use of force (which compels in a stronger sense of the term).

She and Jon Guymon share a late duet that compels in its twisting and unraveling.

Contrary to the predictions of many on the first introduction of sewing machines, the sewing girls -- those whom necessity compels in cam their d by the use of the needle -- have been greatly benefited by this invention.

Only part of what compels in hip-hop reveals itself with a literary comb, of course, and it's good to listen to Jon Caramanica, the Times critic, when he notes that " 'Illmatic' became something of a blank slate.… It became what the listener wanted it to be as much as, if not more than, what Nas intended it to be".

No: Knussen's Third Symphony lasts barely quarter of an hour, yet, as so often with this composer's music, the journey it creates - in tandem with the concentration it compels in anyone who listens to it – is out of all proportion to its diminutive length.

Compelling in a comfortably lowbrow way.

Private companies cannot be compelled in the same way.

You can't be special, distinctive, compelling in the marketplace unless you create something special, distinctive, compelling in the workplace.

Finally we discuss the future potential of CompEL in light of its limitations and strengths.

He was compelled in 1632 to resign the presidency of the New England Company.

shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.