Sentence examples for drop compulsion from inspiring English sources

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The most common closet crime is probably the "Shop Til You Drop" compulsion, in which coupon-crazed shoppers buy — or charge — more clothing than they can wear or afford, lured by deals that seem too good to pass up.

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But three years ago, her wife Heather became pregnant, Warners dropped the band, and the compulsion became uncontrollable.

Another is Goldberg's compulsion to name-drop his way through major political events: Ariel Sharon, Mohammed Atta's father, Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, a founder of Hamas, among many others — all seem to have confided in him exclusively.

He suffers, however, from an unusual condition, which he's at pains to hide from his colleagues: at unpredictable intervals, he's irresistibly compelled to walk in a random direction until the compulsion passes and he drops with exhaustion.

In a nice twist Koestenbaum adopts a nickname that Warhol dropped early on, 'Andy Paperbag', which evokes not only his compulsion to collect but also the fragility of this protective device.

Maybe it's just me, but I hardly ever feel the compulsion to socially share my media consumption habits — well, beyond dropping the occasional Doctor Who reference in the TechCrunch backchannel that is.

It is clear some schemes have a clear degree of compulsion, while others merely sanction people who voluntarily join a programme, but then drop out early.

The compulsion.

Compulsion becomes progressively harder.

This compulsion is unavoidable.

Or a compulsion.

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