"compel" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Lieutenant General Sherman was to have been of the party also, but the Indian war compelled his presence on the plains.
- Defendants are also entitled to compel witnesses on their behalf to appear and testify.
- As part of the investigation the Commission tried to compel the judges on the reference, including Pace, to testify.
- (Week in Review, March 8) compels my comment on both its direct and implied thrust.
- States cannot compel choice on their own because Federal law prohibits them from regulating most large employers.
- Fueled by petitions, the citizens' initiatives seek to bypass the traditional legislative process and compel a popular vote on a sensitive question.
- In California and Washington, ballot propositions would compel spending on easing traffic flows.
- The illness compelled him on occasion to take absences from the bench.
- Bince appeared in the court-room only when necessity compelled his presence on the witness stand.
- Now repeat to it: I compel thee on threat of dissolution to carry my message.
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