How to Use compulsion in a Sentence

compulsion

noun

• I gave in to one of my compulsions and ordered the chocolate dessert.
• We should be able to get them to cooperate without using compulsion.
• Where does this compulsion stem from?
  — Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
• His compulsion to take a rock and roll path also had a lot to do with girls.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 June 2025
• Part of this is pure compulsion; part of it is born out of a sincere form of care.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021
• Some, if not most, of them are artists, and most artists feel the compulsion to create.
  — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2017
• About how making art is both a compulsion and a form of knowledge.
  — Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
• The fact is, many of us will have sudden urges and compulsions today.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
• For so long, the compulsion to apply herself had served her well.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 26 Aug. 2021
• Music is an art form, and for true artists, the creative process is a compulsion.
  — Tony Fletcher, WSJ, 27 June 2019
• The compulsion to tie things out would be well nigh irresistible.
  — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• And when compulsion is the father, the role of choice recedes.
  — Liesl Schillinger, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
• There have been attempts to cure the ills of smartphone compulsion.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
• Thomas agreed, and urged others who are struggling with these compulsions to seek help.
  — Reena Roy, ABC News, 1 June 2023
• The present compulsion of elite schools is to open their ranks to those who may not initially be elite.
  — WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
• Darr's body checking -- whether with her thumbs or in the mirror -- is one compulsion among many.
  — Maria Morava and Scottie Andrew, CNN, 21 Feb. 2021
• Vertigo is not just a fear of heights, but a compulsion to hurl yourself off.
  — Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2024
• The vanishing compulsion to overindulge didn’t stop with food, though.
  — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• The left today has a compulsion to force obedience again and again.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 10 July 2019
• Stinging eyes and throats and the compulsion to gag and cough from pepper spray or tear gas will subside.
  — Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 4 June 2020
• The fact that the thoughts don’t go away quickly on their own, and instead stick in the mind is where the compulsions come in.
  — Elizabeth King, Allure, 15 Oct. 2019
• Our compulsion toward making art is to get to the better end of our nature.
  — David Marchese, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2022
• But to risk that possibility in the first place is a sign of this compulsion.
  — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
• The compulsion to keep working in later years, though, isn’t always healthy.
  — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022
• Not just by the compulsion of use, but in the physical connection to it by thin, white wire.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2018
• Over time, my routine of weighing myself once a week became a compulsion to step on the scale once a day.
  — Kate Bernyk, Allure, 3 Oct. 2017
• Meanwhile, some criminals simply have a compulsion and steal for the thrill of it.
  — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
• Captain Ahab is obsessed with killing the great white whale and is destroyed by his compulsion.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2020
• Again, this is where a lot of people get trapped, either out of boredom or a compulsion to self-destruct.
  — Olivia Petter, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
• Not everyone has that drive, that compulsion, to see what’s at the bottom of the proverbial cliff.
  — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023