Sentence examples for thus compelled from inspiring English sources

The princes, the aristocracy, and the commoners were thus compelled, in descending order, to worship lesser gods and ancestors.

Unwittingly married to, Jacob was thus compelled to serve Laban for another seven years so that he could take his beloved as his wife as well.

Filmmakers who want their movies to be seen — and who often need to fulfill contracts requiring that they deliver a film with a certain rating — are thus compelled to cut their films to the association's standards, a process that often involves guessing just what those standards are.

Farmers are thus compelled to buy new products that are covered by patent rights.

Steel bridge fabricators are thus compelled to mask off all faying surfaces before applying the protective coating on the structural elements.

Philosophers of discovery were thus compelled to demonstrate that scientific discovery was in fact a legitimate part of philosophy of science.

He wants ratings agencies to wait 60 days before rating a new security, thus compelling early buyers to do their own homework.

We felt that planned destruction of power plants, and interference with rail and telephone communications, would scare away capital from the country, thus compelling the voters of the country to reconsider their position.

The evidence thus compels the conclusion that Microsoft's actions with respect to Java have restricted significantly the ability of other firms to compete on the merits in the market for Intel-compatible PC operating systems.

The bill, they said, "would thus compel FEMA to make decisions about what contents within houses of worship are eligible — including items like stained-glass windows with religious art, arks of the covenant, prayer books and decorative religious icons".

People had a way of fighting back, particularly the women with whom he was involved, the majority of whom were childish, doll-like figures whose innocence he sought to possess but who had the disloyalty, in his view, to become pregnant, thus compelling him to marry them.