- a word derived from compel.
Example Sentences
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Not only is the earnings growth in emerging markets more appealing, JPM emphasizes, but that growth is also more compellingly priced.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Yet the result was a unique, multi-faceted sculptural adornment to Central Park that still shimmers compellingly in the dappled light of springtime, while convincingly elevating architecture to the status of fine art.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Pet Shop Boys members Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe said: "The original TV drama was a landmark series which compellingly presented the reality and tragedy of the Aids crisis to a mass audience."
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
McMorrow speaks plainly but compellingly, without pulling any punches.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025
One reviewer there fretted, without any evident sense of irony, that Holmes presented his arguments so clearly and compellingly that students might actually come to believe them.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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