The minor and sporadically compelling force of Mr. Shechter's choreography — best here in patches of enigmatic mime with the physical quality of whispering — is overwhelmed by the dulling obviousness of what he seems to be trying to express.
Bidders responded to the compelling force of the photograph.
This is not to deny the compelling force of Marianne Jean-Baptiste's performance.
The direct influence of Rome for such a long period, the superiority of its numeral system over any other simple one that had been known in Europe before about the 10th century, and the compelling force of tradition explain the strong position that the system maintained for nearly 2,000 years in commerce, in scientific and theological literature, and in belles lettres.
In this tradition -- which, at its best, substitutes for literary delicacy the rendition of human passion with rude, compelling force -- Woodrell is one of the most intense and accomplished practitioners since Jim Thompson.
Jose helping to detach Wayne from his world Is Jose Mourinho merely being mischievous in his pursuit of Wayne Rooney – or does he really believe he has the old messianic power to make a compelling force once more of the best English player of his generation?
It's tempting to think that it might be something physical – something about the orderly patterns of vibrations – that gives music its compelling force, and right back to Pythagoras and the idea of a harmonic series, philosophers and scientists have chased this mathematical/acoustical explanation.
In January, transfer gossip is almost impossible to avoid as it dissolves into the air and becomes part of the ambient atmosphere, a strangely compelling force that has made us experts in the concept of contractual amortisation, lured thousands to track private jets on SkyScanner, functioned as hurriedly deployed social currency in WhatsApp group chats.
He is frequently referred to as the greatest living poet in the English language, and was described as such in his candidate statement for the Oxford role, in which his backers called him "quite simply a giant", "a poet of extraordinary passion, distinctiveness and creativity", and "a lecturer of extraordinary power, who speaks with compelling force".
