Examples of 'was compelled' in a sentence

Meaning of "was compelled"

The phrase 'was compelled' signifies that someone felt a strong internal or external force that pushed them to take a particular action or behave in a specific way. It suggests that the person did not act out of their own free will but rather due to a sense of obligation, duty, persuasion, or urgency. 'Was compelled' often implies that the decision or action was influenced by compelling circumstances or external factors

How to use "was compelled" in a sentence

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was compelled
I was compelled to call for the community watch.
For health reasons he was compelled to postpone that visit.
He was compelled to engage in foolish boasting by those who.
One student was compelled to write.
I was compelled to hold breath for three minutes.
A democratically elected government was compelled to retreat.
So the porte was compelled to sign a peace treaty.
He would not notice him until he was compelled.
Saturninus was compelled to fly from the camp.
Perhaps he did them because he was compelled to do them.
I was compelled to continue reading this sick story.
Duckworth explains why she was compelled to attend.
I no longer was compelled to destroy myself with food.
But the decision to go was compelled.
He was compelled to buy medicine from a private pharmacy.

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His purse was so light that he was compelled to travel third class.
He was compelled to find the meaning of his dreams.
Every minute or so he was compelled to rest.
Perhaps he was compelled by his own personal experience.
This was something she was compelled to do.
Every one was compelled to wash each morning.
Because he wants to smell the blood and was compelled to kill.
He was compelled to change his simple habits of life.
Said she was compelled.
He was compelled to spend the winter as the.
Blauvelt received encores until she was compelled to refuse further acknowledgements.
I was compelled to borrow money from friends.
I think she was compelled to do it.
Was compelled to retract before the girl.
The captain was compelled to leave hta.
Was compelled to seek for food elsewhere.
Then his mother was compelled to take a job in school.
Was compelled to pay the interest on.
It seemed he was compelled to keep talking.
Was compelled to limit his ambition.
Pakistan was compelled to act.
Was compelled to abandon the adventure.
The work was so strenuous that he was compelled to retire for two years.
That he was compelled to give expression to his.
He fought against that law and the government was compelled to change it.
Paul was compelled to reexamine his theology.
It was because in those circumstances the spirit world was compelled to help her.
The truth was compelled to pass my lips.
I have always considered him a gray villain because he was compelled to do good.
I was compelled to reduce the duty on two.
I guess he was compelled.
I was compelled to think about what to perform.
Due to but the financial difficulties he was compelled again to abandon the plantation.
I was compelled to provide an image for them.
The outcry against his proposal was so strong that he was compelled to back down.

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Factories have been compelled to install scrubbers on smokestacks
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