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Example sentences for "being compelled"

  • And so they retreated with caution, perceiving that it was impossible to advance except by long and rugged defiles; though they could hardly restrain their indignation at being compelled to do so.

  • And yet you are indignant at being compelled to take the trouble to make your selections!

  • They also complained of being compelled to communicate with his excellency on board of one of his majesty's armed ships, and at the distance of twelve miles from their usual place of meeting.

  • He built a fort, as a place of refuge in case of being compelled to retreat from Jamestown, on a convenient river, upon a high commanding hill, very hard to be assaulted, and easy of defence.

  • I, as an American-born woman, enter my protest at being compelled to live under laws made by this class of men while I am denied the protection that can only come from the ballot.

  • Resolved, That we urge all women to enter protest, at the time of paying taxes, at being compelled to submit to taxation without representation.

  • The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

  • Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.

  • Think of being compelled to live with the thief of your life, and spend your days with the white robber, and be under his control!

  • Think of being compelled to live with the man that sold your wife!

  • Think of being compelled to keep the society of the man who is stealing from you!

  • Think of being compelled to live with the man that stole your child from the cradle before your very eyes!

  • The men were wholly unaccustomed to such work, being compelled, from the scarcity of draught animals in the department, to draw from the adjacent forest the logs which were used on the fortifications.

  • By this time it was quite dark; the night was warm, and the men made few complaints at being compelled to sleep without tents.

  • The object of this measure was to enable merchants trading to foreign countries, and shipowners, to lay in their supplies in the ports of the United Kingdom, instead of being compelled to obtain them, as at present, from the Baltic.

  • The circle of his operations was so much enlarged, that, being compelled to remain in the centre, his presence was wanting on the whole of the circumference.

  • The command remained in this position nearly six days without rest, being compelled to lie on its arms, not knowing what moment the enemy might come.

  • While this was being done a constant fire was kept up on the rebels, whose course was soon turned, being compelled to withdraw in confusion across a large cornfield.

  • Being compelled to social truce, at least in the presence of the young lady, the two men are obliged to recognize each other and acknowledge the re-introduction.

  • Follow me," and starting off we were soon crossing the bed of the lake, being compelled to advance cautiously owing to the slippery nature of the weeds and water-plants that overgrew the stones.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "being compelled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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