How to Use compulsory in a Sentence

compulsory

adjective

• In the old days, many people who didn’t want to wear the hijab kind of accepted the compulsory hijab, went along with it.
  — Karl Vick, Time, 29 Sep. 2022
• Center-lock wheels are compulsory, for one, and the front and rear anti-roll bars are adjustable through three settings each.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2022
• Most reservists were already in Israel at the time of the call-up – the largest such compulsory mobilization since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
  — Helen Coster and Alexander Cornwell, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023
• Federal sentencing guidelines, which are not compulsory, called for a prison term in the range of 37 to 46 months.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• August had come round once more with its compulsory lusciousness, its tang of cherries on the tongue.
  — Deborah Landau, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• He was arrested in 2018 for protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab.
  — Reuters, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
• None of this convinced the City Council to abandon the compulsory homeless voucher scheme.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
• Schools made liberal use of corporal punishment—a leather strap to the palms in O’Toole’s school, a bamboo cane to the palms in mine—and the teaching of Irish was compulsory.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022
• To beat a team like Gonzaga, on a night like this, an unbending resolve to win is compulsory.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2022
• And, of course, the compulsory hijab has become a symbol of that struggle in a country where women can’t become judges.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2022
• However, what’s taking place on the ground should not be reduced to the women’s compulsory wearing of the headscarf or the bodily rights.
  — Tara Kangarlou, Time, 5 Oct. 2022
• The point of having blanket compulsory licenses is to streamline the process and avoid a bunch of negotiations that stem the free flow of music.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
• Here’s the thing, though: Attendance on Friday is not compulsory.
  — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• In the past decade, such threats have led to incidents like acid attacks against women who have not fully adhered to compulsory hijab rules.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2023
• In the compulsory paradise of Big Tech, the seduction of convenience wears down ethical resistance, at least in the short term.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Voting is compulsory in Window Shop, so someone had to win.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2022
• The act made filing taxes compulsory for Americans with foreign assets living abroad, despite the fact that many of them do not have strong ties to the United States.
  — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Omer finished his compulsory army services eight months ago and was waiting tables to save money for a trip to South America.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• In a nation with a standing militia, where military service is compulsory for all men, the gun has a long tradition here.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2022
• The resort fee is a separate, compulsory charge presented to the guest at check-in which can include hotel Wi-Fi, parking, use of the pool and health club, bottled water, in-room safes, the phone in your room, etc.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• But tipping, a vital salary component for porters, is still not compulsory.
  — Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2022
• The emperor before World War II was revered as a god, and public mourning for those honored with state funerals was compulsory.
  — Mari Yamaguchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2022
• The film follows Samet, a young art teacher, who is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 May 2023
• Voting in Australia is compulsory, so every citizen aged 18 and above will be required to cast a ballot.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023
• It is opposed by many men who have already been obliged to do compulsory military service and would likely be opposed by the defense ministry.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 May 2022
• As long as the student meets the compulsory attendance rules under state law, that student should be educated how the parent sees fit, the measure asserts.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2023
• Our decision to do so bears no legal significance in this case, nor should it be construed to support their compulsory use.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
• But for Gregory-Propst, chef/owner of Se7enbites - whose restaurant’s menu seeps butter and sausage gravy from every Southern pore — learning about it was compulsory.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2022
• Record labels, which control masters, or the sound recordings of songs, aren’t subject to such compulsory licensing and negotiate with the services in the free market.
  — Anne Steele, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
• Google Maps business are revolting against a compulsory return to office work in Seattle.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 May 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024