Compel in a sentence

The Act prescribes it is as a criminal offence to compel or attempt to compel prospective voters to vote or not to vote for a certain political party or candidate.

After the federal attorneys moved in court to compel the Justice companies to make the payments, the two sides got together.

Among them, according to The Washington Post, is a rule change that would lower the threshold to compel a vote on removing the speaker.

Any genuine investigation into the 20-plus shell companies set up by James Biden, Joe’s brother, and Hunter would compel lots of people to answer questions on the record or under oath.

As Gallant implied, the U.S. could use its influence not only to demand far more aid for Gazans, but to compel quite a different course of action.

At the heart of TikTok’s trouble is a Chinese national intelligence law that would compel Chinese companies to fork over data to the government for whatever purposes it deems to involve national security.

But Myers wrote in his ruling that a petition cannot legally compel the EPA to perform a specific test.

Chicago’s bird advocates are also attempting to influence policy and compel widespread change.

Damon and Stefan Salvatore were an alluring new breed who could compel people, heal humans with their blood, switch off their humanity, and have daylight rings that protected them from the sun.

Does Yates really think his shrill satire has gotten audiences so riled up that “Pain Hustlers” will compel them to change the world?

Emotional dependence, especially when children are involved, can compel victims to return to the abuser in the hope of positive change, only to face renewed and often worsened abuse.

Fox previously told the judge it would be a “hardship” for Murdoch to testify in-person, and said Dominion’s bid to compel his testimony should be rejected because it presents an “undue burden” on the 92-year-old media mogul.

From 1953, a policy to compel detainees to engage in work was introduced and disobedience was redefined as a major offence.

His inflated comments about his lifestyle are what compel Niko to immigrate to America in the first place.

However, in the private sector, unions can compel employees to pay, even if they receive no visible benefit from union representation.

If GenBioPro, a company that makes mifepristone, prevails in court, the decision could compel other states with abortion bans to allow the pills to be prescribed, dispensed and sold.

In each, he introduces us to a character who might be seen as a villain to outsiders, but who has a debonair charm that can't help but compel us as they chase down the American Dream at all costs.

It’ll compel you to see Hoover, not as a villainous caricature, but as a conflicted, flawed human being.

Moreover, they have an interest in exposing the truth and working to compel a change in the administration’s Hamas-enabling policies.

Now Republicans say that his 'obstruction' of their investigation has forced them to take the president's son to court to compel his cooperation - or he will face jail time.