How to Use feel compelled in a Sentence

feel compelled

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  • Many colleges will feel compelled to pay to keep up with rivals.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • No one should feel compelled to force it in order to maintain peace.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And not to be overlooked—do not feel compelled to do all your shopping in one day.
    Mia Taylor, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Some governments will feel compelled to play along.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026
  • His hope is that other states feel compelled to replicate the model.
    Angelica Mari, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Millions of people wear them and still don’t feel compelled to leave their phones behind.
    Rhett Jones / Gizmodo, Quartz, 31 May 2024
  • Her siblings, for instance, might also feel compelled to stay home.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Why do characters in thrillers feel compelled to return to the scenes of their worst traumas?
    Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • And her abduction has become something all of us feel compelled to help solve.
    Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Thanksgiving is a time when many feel compelled to help those less fortunate.
    Anastasia Boden, National Review, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Some might feel compelled to spend more time and effort compliling their own returns.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Around this time, most people feel compelled to spruce up their entire place to usher in the new season.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • When the intestinal tract is not full, the body doesn’t feel compelled to eliminate waste.
    Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 18 July 2024
  • While some people will feel best letting snide remarks slide, others will feel compelled to push back.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
  • When emails and Teams alerts come in at all hours of the day, workers feel compelled to reply and respond.
    Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Most honorees feel compelled to make the trip to the insurance capital of the world.
    Leo Mirani, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The officiating was bad, bad enough where someone in charge should feel compelled to act on it.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • To demonstrate their values, some men in women’s lives might also feel compelled to display their virtue.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Fortunately, many people feel compelled to right wrongs — just not always the same ones.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Consumers can feel compelled to buy more Labubus to complete a collection.
    Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Fortunately, many people feel compelled to right wrongs -- just not always the same ones.
    Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023
  • And to what extent will Netanyahu feel compelled to heed Biden’s pressure?
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 22 July 2024
  • If these big social media apps were truly just a way to stay in touch with people, why do so many people feel compelled to leave?
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Will people who skipped the original feel compelled to go back and watch it before the new installment?
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Someone who has been more and more real in her portrayal of herself so that others might feel compelled to do the same.
    Renee Marie Schettler, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The goal is delivering a movie that consumers feel compelled to see only on Imax screens.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Should the next owner feel compelled to keep evolving and growing the house, there are air rights for future expansion.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Don't feel compelled to follow this list of elements to a T, says Varner.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • People feel compelled to share with me their stories of what the album means to them and their life with the album over the last 20 years.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
  • As volatility becomes the new normal, many leaders feel compelled to act faster, control more or push harder.
    Gamini Hewawasam, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025

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