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How to use the word Compelled in a Sentence?

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Forgiveness isn't an easy art, It calls for courage to play its part, To release the anger and grudges long held, And in its place, compassion is compelled.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
10 months ago

It’s ironic that members of the Jewish community felt compelled to take a position that is antidemocratic and …. pro-Nazi in its viciousness.

Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At some point we are all compelled to take pause and reflect on the reality that unsubstantiated, temporally aged, and concurrent use of social media to incite a ‘Me Too’ call-to-arms runs afoul of every constitutional safeguard we have always held so dear. Superimposing today’s mores on erroneous recitals of acts of yesteryear is a recipe for disaster for both the accused and the accuser.

Jennifer Shahade

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's no more room at the inn, but we are compelled by local laws here that we must provide shelter and continue to move in the right direction.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Cultural winds may shift, but the compelled speech doctrine may not.

Kristen Waggoner

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Justice Department or any federal agency is not compelled by law to respond to inquiry by a minority member or even a minority ranking member, they should have an attitude toward congressional oversight in which they readily do that. But, you know, I don't know if I've ever had a letter answered by the Justice Department. And that's another one of the things that must change, in my view.

Andrew Harnik/Pool

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think the more the pandemic is in the rearview mirror for some people -- or they believe it is -- then the less compelled they will be to do this, and so we have a big public health education campaign ahead of us.

Lori Tremmel Freeman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think the more the pandemic is in the rearview mirror for some people -- or they believe it is -- then the less compelled they will be to do this, and so we have a big public health education campaign ahead of us, also, health departments at the local level will be looking to understand the landscape of their community in terms of how many providers, pediatricians and pharmacies have actually signed up to give out the vaccine.

Lori Tremmel Freeman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I based my support for the election of District Attorney George Gascón on the hope District Attorney George Gascón would advance public safety in Los Angeles and because of our close personal relationship of over 30 years, after observing the negative effects of District Attorney George Gascón policies and practices on public safety, I am compelled to rescind that endorsement.

Robyn Beck

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

One time, someone left two Happy Meals for the girls on the porch. Some were compelled to make contact with Chris Watts. It was incredibly disturbing. And there has been so much speculation in the YouTube community. They even call it ‘ Watts Island, ’ where they have these ongoing speculations about the case and dissect every portion of it. I felt very sad when Shanann’s dad had to fly all the way to Colorado just to tell people to stop harassing Chris Watts after having gone through so much. There was just a lot of negative energy.

Shanann Watts

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I based my support for the election of District Attorney George Gascón on the hope he would advance public safety in Los Angeles and because of our close personal relationship of over 30 years, after observing the negative effects of his policies and practices on public safety, I am compelled to rescind that endorsement.

Charlie Beck

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

All I’ll say is that he was very happy and he was just thrilled to be back out on the road and he was also very sensitive, and all the weight of everything going on in the world right now was just weighing heavily on him. That’s why he felt more compelled than ever to make people laugh and bring everyone together… And he did it right up until the very last moments.

Hoda Kotb

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is not an official government survey, and community members should not feel compelled to answer questions unless they want too.

Skagit County Auditor Sandy Perkins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are building legal pathways so individuals and parents do not feel compelled to place their children in the hands of the exploiting smuggling organizations.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

While CTIA is not privy to the specifics of any request, wireless carriers are compelled to comply with valid subpoenas and do so every day.

Telecommunications Industry Association

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Contrary to decades of consistent bipartisan opinions from the Justice Department that senior aides can not be compelled by Congress to give testimony, this is the first President to make no effort whatsoever to protect presidential communications from being the subject of compelled testimony. Staff Mark Meadows remains under the instructions of former President Trump to respect longstanding principles of executive privilege. It now appears the courts will have to resolve this conflict.

George Terwilliger

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What's taught to police recruits is,' Detain both, ascertain the facts, proceed,' in my experience, you would see both the citizen making the arrest and the person arrested both detained and the citizen would be compelled to give a statement with regard to what he or she saw.

Thomas Aveni

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I've never heard of any kind of probationary period which includes conditions that compelled certain speech. It seems highly unusual and rare.

Sarah Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is totally and wholly new as far as sentencing goes, as far as I can see or as far as I am familiar with, i've never heard of any kind of probationary period which includes conditions that compelled certain speech. It seems highly unusual and rare.

Sarah Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I joined Facebook... because someone close to me was radicalized online, i felt compelled to take an active role in creating a better, less toxic Facebook.

Facebook Haugen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

'Hey Ed, objects in the rear-view mirror are probably me,’ and my doctors, my handlers, compelled me to really address that every time I go on stage, I endanger that future.

David Lee Roth

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am encouraged and compelled to really come to grips with how short time is, and my time is probably even shorter.

David Lee Roth

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The heat had been turned up and the court felt compelled to suspend Jamie since its hands were tied, all of the documentary info, all of the claims by Britney herself, added up to it not being in Britney’s interest to have her father involved — without any finding that Jamie did anything wrong.

David Glass

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

On the flight over, I called Curtis Strange off to the side and told Curtis Strange I haven't played as well this year and don't feel compelled to play me.

Hal Sutton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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