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Example sentences for: compel

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And even there, the fluctuations do not appear to compel as large a risk premium as exists, unless the aversion to risk is irrational.
Deacon Don Thomas of the Lily of the Valley Church of God in Christ in Fairbanks, Alaska, defends what he does to reach the community: "Yeah, we want to compel people to come to Christ, but at the same time we don't want to intrude on people.
A bill that the clerics pushed through parliament Wednesday restricting press freedom is expected to compel journalists to reveal sources and to bar many opposition writers and editors from "any form of press activity," the Guardian said.
Furthermore, these costs are not likely to depend significantly on the value of the merchandise, and the fee is levied through the power of the Government to compel payment.
"The fiery aspects of thought and feeling that initially compel the artistic voyage--fierce energy, high mood, and quick intelligence; a sense of the visionary and the grand; a restless and feverish temperament--commonly carry with them the capacity for vastly darker moods, grimmer energies, and, occasionally, bouts of 'madness.