compel

Example Sentences

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If courts allow his suit to proceed, they will finally compel immigration agents to operate within the Constitution—or face consequences for defying it.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

The Times asked the court to compel the Pentagon to comply with the ruling, alleging it was “contemptuously defying” the recent decision, “both in letter and spirit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Rate traders, meanwhile, are digesting minutes of the Fed’s March policy meeting, in which a growing number of officials said war-related inflation might compel the need for interest-rate hikes before the end of the year.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Miller’s plays compel theatergoers to connect the dots not only between the past and the present but also between the political and the personal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“Neither sleet nor rain nor a half inch of snow will compel me to dress like a lumberjack.”

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman