under compulsion
Example Sentences
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His war book was in this sense a command performance, executed under compulsion by a reluctant but dutiful son.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2020
What about those who refuse to recant or hide their true beliefs under compulsion, choosing to suffer or die instead?
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2015
The authors didn’t envisage the risk that if employees were working under compulsion, they would be less likely to be engaged, let alone passionate, in its pursuit.
From Forbes • Oct. 14, 2014
The diary exudes confession under compulsion – of imminent death, the fear of retribution in the afterlife, perhaps – but there is nothing of genuine atonement in it.
From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2014
Spanish, to be compelled to walk on tiptoe through being lifted up by the collar and the seat of the trousers—hence to proceed or act under compulsion.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
