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Sentences ending with compelling

It was an obedience filled with passion, resigning itself to the will of a force which was all gentleness, but oh, so compelling! [11]
A bugle call came across the still water, clear, vibrant, and compelling. [11]

More example sentences with the word compelling in them

So long as we were on the Nile, I would not intrude my tale upon you; that ancient river has a wonderful power of compelling to silence and quiet contemplation. [10]
All at once, Virginia felt her partner gathering up his strength, and by some compelling force, more of wild than of muscle, draw her nearer. [9]
And he would try to get the idleness and sloth out of the sailors of that ship by compelling, them to take invigorating exercise and a bath. [5]
And he would try to get the idleness and sloth out of the sailors of that ship by compelling them to take invigorating exercise and a bath. [5]
If he should try her at noon and find her guilty, there was nothing to prevent him from compelling her to drink the poisoned cup or having her strangled before evening. [10]
This was in truth a painful effort, for the sand crumbled away again and again under his feet, slipping down hill and carrying him with it, thus compelling him to find a new hold with hand and foot. [10]
He had heard, too, that they shrunk from no lies, no fraud to escape their toil, and how difficult was the task of compelling them to obey and fulfil their duty. [10]
Nature, which is stronger than reason, was compelling him. [9]
There was something strangely compelling in her tone, in her movements. [11]
Did you rely so little on your compelling powers, my lord, that you must needs resort to that bait? [11]
At this disturbing point in his reflections Austen became aware that the hall was ringing with a loud and compelling voice which originated in front of the Speaker's desk. [9]
But if you persist in compelling us to submit by force of arms, you can only bring great damage on yourselves. [10]
The tender sap of youth was in this glowing and alert new world, and, by sudden contrast with the prison walls which he had just left behind, the earth seemed recreated, unfamiliar, compelling and companionable. [11]
At a turn of the hand I should have sunk to the boards, had not a voice risen strong and clear above that turmoil, compelling every man to halt trembling in his steps. [9]
Not the least of the compelling forces in this world is righteous anger, and when it is exercised by a man or a woman whose life has been a continual warfare against the pests of wrong, it is well-nigh irresistible. [9]
I remember the men,--scarcely what they said: Evan Shelby's words, like heavy blows on an anvil; Isaac Shelby's, none the less forceful; James Robertson compelling his listeners by some strange power. [9]
They were not like Rolfe's eyes, insinuating, possessive; they had the anomalistic quality, of being at once personal and impersonal, friendly, alight, evoking curiosity yet compelling trust. [9]
A man no less haggard than the rest, but with a compelling force in his eyes, pointed with a blade to the hills across the river. [9]
The Leader himself knew not night from day in his toil,--in organizing, conciliating, compelling when necessary. [9]
I should think it preferable to take the route nearest the enemy, disabling him to make an important move without your knowledge, and compelling him to keep his forces together for dread of you. [7]
In the future I will always accept your views, but in this case your mistake might involve us in a serious misunderstanding, by compelling me to give in to Paula and make her my ally.--Here we are! [10]
His very presence had the gift of dispelling longings, even in the young; the gift of compelling delight in simple things. [9]
Here, if there had been no other, was a compelling bond of sympathy . [9]
Thou harbor, thou forest of masts, thou countless fleet of stately galleys, which bind one quarter of the globe to another, inspiring terror, compelling obedience, and gaining boundless treasures by peaceful voyages and with shining blades. [10]
Doubtless she felt flattered by the consciousness of attracting even the sovereign's glance, but what she intended to do immediately was for the purpose of compelling another person to watch her steps with fear and admiration. [10]
His voice was firm but low, yet vibrant with sincerity, with the vast store of feeling, of compelling magnetism that was in the man and moved in spite of themselves those who knew him. [9]
A strange compelling feeling drove her to the library where the fateful panel was. [11]
There was no doubt about it that the compelling personality of Mr. Humphrey Crewe was creating a sensation. [9]
The theory I do not accept: one simply folds his sails, unships his rudder, and waits the will of Providence, or the arrival of some compelling fate. [4]
For he himself did not understand his own strange power of drawing forth the spirit from its shell, of compelling the inner, suffering thing to reveal itself. [9]
A man's voice, deep, clear, compelling, was heard calling:-- "Vi! [9]
It is a curious thing, but the Chair has no effectual means of compelling order. [5]
I am likewise compelling myself to read it over, for the first time of opening the book since my sister's death. [14]
She had a compelling atmosphere, a possessive presence; and yet her mind at this time was unemotional--like Octavia, the wife of Mark Antony, "of a cold conversation. [11]
Like most successful citizens of his type, he possessed in a high degree the faculty of creating sympathy, of compelling others to accept --temporarily, at least--his point of view. [9]
The closer you came to him, the more compelling was he--a devilish attraction, notably selfish, yet capable of benevolence. [11]
In proportion, however, as he felt its compelling quality, there came a jealousy of the man who was its cause. [11]
General conversation followed, and the twins drifted about from group to group, talking easily and fluently and winning approval, compelling admiration and achieving favor from all. [5]
Her aromatic presence, and in this setting, continually disturbed him: nature's perfumes, more definable, --exhalations of the sea and spruce,--mingled with hers, anaesthetics compelling lethargy. [9]
This woman had an attractiveness compelling and delightful, at least in its earlier application to me. [11]
Yet it had, a strange compelling charm. [11]
Secondly, will not a movement of our army be a relief to the cavalry, compelling the enemy to concentrate instead of foraging in squads everywhere? [7]
At this moment a commotion arose within the room, and a high, tremulous, but singularly fierce and compelling voice was heard crying out:--"Get out! [9]

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