compulsion
Example Sentences
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"Great powers can compel, but compulsion comes with costs, both reputational and financial," the former central banker added.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
With the approach of Black Friday, the most visible display of America’s shopping compulsion is just around the corner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
He described the University of Chicago as an "idyllic academic institution" where he was "instilled with the capacity for critical thought and an ethical compulsion not to suffer fools who impeded his search for truth".
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
After finally getting help, he freed himself of “the compulsion to destroy myself. But I still had the demons, the anger, the feeling on edge and never feeling secure.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
Cicero ends with a final address to Catiline, and then with a contrastive apostrophe to Jupiter—effectively putting Catiline’s decision to depart under the compulsion of a God.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing compulsion
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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