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Example sentences for "are compelled"

  • Many of these people do not believe some of the doctrines preached; they have thought seriously, but cannot sympathize with what they are compelled to hear.

  • The present disciples of Voltaire," says Pastor Fisch, "are compelled to deny his language if they would remain true to the spirit of their master.

  • We are compelled to say that his genius was inexhaustible.

  • In this consciousness we are compelled to distinguish between appearance and reality with respect to the details of a reality which, as a whole, or, in principle, we suppose ourselves to know.

  • But we do not, for we are compelled to distinguish what things are, and what they look or appear; and what they appear essentially relates to perception.

  • Here, as in the Chamber of Deputies, we are compelled to call for a division of the house: 1.

  • Unhappily we are compelled to confess that all women make this great mistake, for the lover is only the first of their soldiers.

  • We will begin by cutting down this sum by nine millions, which stands for those who seem to have some resemblance to women, but whom we are compelled to reject upon serious considerations.

  • To maintain the Balance of Power we are compelled to disregard the moral merits of an Ally's policy (as in the case of the promise to the Czar's government not to demand the independence of Poland).

  • The importance of the phenomenon we have just touched upon--the disparagement before war of truths we are compelled to face after war--lies in its revelation of subconscious or unconscious motive.

  • As resistance increases we are compelled to use an increasing proportion of what we obtain from him in protecting ourselves against him.

  • To maintain the Balance of Power we are compelled to disregard the moral merits of an Ally's policy (as in the case of the promise to the Czar's Government not to demand the independence of Poland).

  • They climb the bluff, expecting an attack each minute; the wounded, who are brought off the field, are compelled to await surgical aid until the army can be placed in a safe position.

  • While we shudder, and in our rage vow vengeance on the perpetrators, we are compelled to admit that there was behind every Modoc gun a man who was far above his white brother in fighting qualities.

  • But we are compelled to exclude such an exposition from this work.

  • His devout biographers have reported various actions and movements in his practical life which we are compelled to regard as absolutely irreconcilable with the infinite majesty, lofty character, and supreme attributes of an almighty Being.

  • But suppose that we are compelled to give it up--well, if it even comes to this, we must never do so unconditionally.

  • But if we are compelled to abandon some of our districts, and to concentrate on certain points, then the English also will concentrate, and attack us with an irresistible force.

  • Now when we start thinking about existence as a whole and ourselves in particular, we are compelled to assume the infinite, the finite, and the activity of the former within the latter.

  • In New York the middle classes, whose incomes are but moderate, are compelled to seek residences in cheap flats and tenement houses, or else go into the country, at the daily expense of car or ferry rides.

  • But, at last, we are compelled to say good-bye to Syracuse, and all its pleasant associations, to say nothing of its salt.

  • A detailed account of all would fill a small volume; we are compelled, therefore, to reluctantly leave the subject, and proceed to the description of the Public Buildings.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    are about; are also; are bound; are found; are here; are made; are more; are now; are obliged; are only; are said; are still; are the best known; are those; are used; are very; areca nuts; brown precipitate; close friend; direct contradiction; face was; had time; might think; strongly intrenched; variable stars; without looking