Sentence examples for seemed compulsory from inspiring English sources

Smartphone video recording and glowing stick things it seemed compulsory to do the same boring shit at arena gigs here as it is anywhere else.

In Russia's energy sector everything not forbidden now seems compulsory, as one old Soviet joke ran.

You can't imagine her kick-boxing or finding her inner child, both of which seem compulsory for modern actresses.

'I've been working on this train for 28 years and it never seems to look any older.' A genuine love of rail transport seems compulsory for those who work on Canada's trains, and Graham is no exception.

In general, the experiences of the participants of this research indicated that all of them put an emphasis on the religious aspect of spirituality; however, since some of them believed in the moral aspects of spirituality, it seems compulsory that health caregivers to provide the patients with the opportunity for performing spiritual activities in both aspects.

This week Spotify told its users, some of whom were disgruntled about what seemed like compulsory sharing, that it was "entirely up to you what you decide to share and what you keep private".

The beef here is splendid, and it's complemented by appetizers, sides and desserts that seldom seem like compulsory add-ons and that showcase the kind of creativity that sirloins, porterhouses and rib-eyes simply don't (and really shouldn't).

The power of the unclothed body to shock is waning, perhaps as an effect of the proliferation of frank imagery in film and advertising and an increase in Internet sites like the all-nude Webcast nakednews.com, or such cable television shows as "Sex and the City," or "Oz," where nakedness is common enough to seem nearly compulsory.

Marcus made his name writing brilliantly elliptical pieces for Rolling Stone in the 70s, when slavery to the mode seemed to be compulsory, whole rafts of writers outdoing each other as they strove to stretch the language and our imaginations.

Waiters look as if they'd auditioned for "Deadwood"; their uniform includes braces and waistcoats, and facial hair seems to be compulsory.

Harbach is shrewd enough to withhold a reference where it would seem to be compulsory, when Affenlight the Melville scholar is surprised by the quality of the chowder turned out by the college kitchen.