be compelled

Example Sentences

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Under the SNP manifesto pledge, large supermarkets would be compelled to limit the cost of up to 50 essential items such as milk, eggs, cheese and rice.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

"We should be compelled by these findings to care for these creatures with rich and beautiful minds and ensure they continue to exist."

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

“The agency can go to court and seek the records to be compelled from the individual who is served with the subpoena. But it has to do that extra step to make it enforceable.”

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2026

“Some are willing participants, and others are going to be compelled because of this envelope of funding, or they don’t want to get in the crosshairs with tariffs.”

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Apparently, the sustained and coordinated effort they required could be compelled only by the authority of religious faith—a faith that almost literally demanded the moving of mountains.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson