How to Use compelling in a Sentence

compelling

adjective

• She had a compelling need to share what she had heard.
• I would need a very compelling reason to leave my job.
• The novel was so compelling that I couldn't put it down.
• He made a compelling argument.
• His comedic turns were just as compelling.
  — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• And that’s what makes this so compelling to me.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
• But there’s compelling news, too.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2026
• And that now is, by far, the most compelling part of the film.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
• And that, in part, is what made the strange sounds so compelling.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
• The most compelling part of this setup is the math.
  — Nishant Pant, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
• What makes the cut so compelling is its balance.
  — Amanda Le, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
• So third, tell the story of your case in a compelling way.
  — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
• That freedom is what made the gallery so compelling for artists.
  — Nina Raemont, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2022
• The firm said its call may be early but that shares are compelling.
  — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
• Piles of outtakes, each more compelling than the last.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
• What makes a full compelling picture here?
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
• This is why that extra-time surge that won the game was so compelling.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
• And at the end of the day, there’s nothing more compelling than that.
  — Danielle Cohen, Glamour, 2 May 2025
• Now that’s more of a compelling topic.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
• Her cropped hair was perhaps the most compelling part of her outfit.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
• Hamill said the original twist would have been compelling on its own.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
• The Dodgers are locked in one of baseball’s most compelling races.
  — NBC News, 2 July 2021
• Will the show be compelling to someone who has never even touched the games?
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2023
• Many of the most compelling love stories are tragic ones.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
• When the drivers were on the course, the racing was compelling.
  — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
• But a compelling fiction is fiction all the same.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
• For airlines, the business case is compelling on both sides of the ledger.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 May 2026
• The book hits all the points that make stories about sailors in peril so compelling.
  — Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026
• Hope springs eternal, and there’s a compelling new call for reform.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
• And the thing that was most compelling in some ways was the breathing behind it as well.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024