Sentence examples for try and compel from inspiring English sources

Mr. Assange left Sweden on Sept. 27 — the same day that a detention order was put in place to try and compel him to talk to police.

They have total control over whether to extend the talks with the F.T.C. staff or to end the discussions and try to compel a final decision by the five commissioners who head the agency.

He didn't try to conquer them and compel them to work, like New Spain.

"I want people to be compelled to try and work it out without quite getting there," he said.

"I personally feel compelled to try and do whatever I can do to make the American public think about what it means to go to war," he said.

You are not compelled to try and be perfect because you are not stuck on expectations.

If, however, you feel compelled to try and set up your single gay friends, let me dispel some common myths.

Which begs the question: Why is it that he, or anyone else, feels so compelled to try and belittle Williams' legacy by comparing her to men's tennis players?

Pessimism about these talks is understandable, given the depressing history of failed peace attempts, but it is no excuse for the leaders not to make a serious effort, and Mr. Obama is right to try to compel them to do that.

These Frenchmen did not try to conquer the Indians and compel them to work, as in New Spain.

Mr. Halloran expects to testify this week before a federal grand jury looking into the question of a slowdown, according to a person familiar with his intentions, and it is not clear whether prosecutors will try to compel him, under oath, to divulge the workers' names.