compelled
Example Sentences
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The place to which Jewish people fled has become a place some now feel compelled to flee.
And then “Hedda,” I’m a theater nerd too, so I just really go by my passion, and I’m really compelled by just interesting characters.
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School districts, he added, could also opt to be more open, without being compelled to by state lawmakers.
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Even some of the president’s longest and loudest advocates felt compelled to speak out.
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“I was compelled to read it because of that.”
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