be compelled
Example Sentences
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If advertising minimums result in reduced demand and slower sales, Stellantis could be compelled to spend more on those incentives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Yaël Braun-Pivet, the president of France's National Assembly, said: "I refuse to allow women to be compelled to step aside in order to meet the demands of foreign visitors."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
You cannot be compelled to serve as an executor, even if you’re named in someone’s will.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
"If the government does not honour the agreement and release everyone detained or arrested, we will be compelled to resume the protest," Ashutosh Ranka, a spokesperson of the CJP told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 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
