under compulsion
Example Sentences
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His war book was in this sense a command performance, executed under compulsion by a reluctant but dutiful son.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
What about those who refuse to recant or hide their true beliefs under compulsion, choosing to suffer or die instead?
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2015
The authors didn’t envisage the risk that if employees were working under compulsion, they would be less likely to be engaged, let alone passionate, in its pursuit.
From Forbes ● Oct. 14, 2014
The diary exudes confession under compulsion – of imminent death, the fear of retribution in the afterlife, perhaps – but there is nothing of genuine atonement in it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2014
His voice was sad and subdued, as though he were speaking under compulsion.
From The White Squaw by Mayne Reid
