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Example sentences for: compel

How can you use “compel” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

§716(b) for a civil enforcement action to compel access to a record.
The Government collects these amounts through its power to compel payment.
--Taxes (including customs duties) are levied through the exercise of the power of the Government to compel payment.
"I have a deadbeat father I have never met," Nussle said on the House floor in 1995, arguing for a provision to compel states to get tougher on child-support collection or risk losing federal aid.
And even there, the fluctuations do not appear to compel as large a risk premium as exists, unless the aversion to risk is irrational.