be compelled
Example Sentences
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You cannot be compelled to serve as an executor, even if you’re named in someone’s will.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Jack repeated his calls for a statutory public inquiry into maternity services, in which witnesses would be compelled to give evidence.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Companies may be compelled to enter into these contracts to guarantee their access to memory and storage chips, because of their crucial role in all kinds of products from AI servers to smartphones to cars.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
It first lays out protections afforded to LPRs, declaring that they “shall not” be compelled to prove that they satisfy the requirements for legal entry “unless” one of six exceptions applies.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
Two congressmen and future presidents, James Madison and James Monroe, would arrive after him and be compelled to sleep on wooden benches in the tavern’s public room!
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
