Sentence examples for that he compelled from inspiring English sources

Universal and compulsory male suffrage from age 18 by secret ballot was established (1912) in Argentina by a statute that he compelled an oligarchical legislature to pass and that has since been known by his name.

He would probably have faulted Mr. Edwards for squeaking so noisily that he compelled the righteous to crack down.

Many photographs exist of the conductor on his podium, and they offer more than an inkling of the attention that he compelled.

After the stares and the whispers and the snide comments, the mild-mannered and insignificant Furo finds that he compels attention and respect, because he is white.

Owen Sejake has such a massive presence as the kindly but ineffectual Simon that he compels interest in the character and implies an unexplored hinterland.

Auden is closer, in that he too is compelled to examine the middle state of human life and can never forget the border states of beast and angel.

It saddened Kuhnmunch that he felt compelled to reassure her.

The problem is that circumstances could overtake him so that he feels compelled to take something.

It was during his divorce negotiations that he was compelled to tap into his inheritance.

Last Tuesday, Mr. Espada announced that he felt compelled to run for borough president.

Its last owner was troubled by dreams so grotesque that he felt compelled to get it out of his house.