Sentence examples for there was compelled from inspiring English sources

When Swedish troops subsequently invaded Saxony (autumn 1705), Augustus, who had retreated there, was compelled to accept the first Treaty of Altranstädt, by which he gave up his claim to the Polish throne, acknowledged Stanisław as his successor, withdrew Saxony from the war against Sweden, and renounced his alliance with Russia.

The regulation upheld in Shapiro required only the keeping of records, and not their reporting; the information there was compelled pursuant to an administrative subpoena.

While I was there, I was compelled by the amount of evidence of polling place malfunction, but the lack of awareness about it.

The other men weren't there, and Gronvold was compelled to leave Baalsrud in a hole in the ice under a boulder.

Adam Liptak wrote in The Times that there is agreement he was compelled to stand naked in front of a guard and move intimate parts of his body.

So it was only here and there, at first, that she was compelled to invent things, filling in gaps.

There was something in there that was compelling me to want to revisit some of the material, and I sort of felt that right away when I was listening.

I feel for the artists out there who are compelled to devote so much time to their appearance in order to practice their craft.

Once you get them there, they may be compelled, but how do you get them to tune in in the first place?

So when I complete my training and I am sent there I will be compelled to work like they do because they think what they are doing is best.

Some people said it was overdone, but there's no doubt it was compelling.