How to use "compelling" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "compelling" in popular movie and book plots

  • Elena objects, but can offer no compelling argument against Víctor.  - Live Flesh (film)
  • His conscience compelling him, Fezzik throws a rock as a warning and challenges the man to a wrestling match.  - The Princess Bride
  • Through publicity, Desmond gets a court hearing where they successfully make their case and Desmond makes a compelling speech to the court.  - Evelyn (film)
  • Meanwhile, the leader of the headhunters captures Amoa and decides to marry her by compelling her father to give his blessing.  - Colossus and the Headhunters
  • Doom lectures him on the power of flesh, which he demonstrates by compelling a girl to leap to her death.  - Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)
  • first suspects Mme de Rechnoy of being the mystery woman based on a compelling description from her ex-husband, Pahl Palich Rechnoy.  - The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
  • In one scene Bugs dumps red ink on Sam, compelling him to think he's been shot; he collapses but eventually gets the joke.  - Hare Trigger
  • This simple, yet compelling plot teaches that if people think and wonder why, things will begin to happen and dreams will come true.  - The Wheel on the School
  • Jonatan manages to snatch the trumpet from Tengil and bring Katla under his control, compelling her to kill Tengil.  - The Brothers Lionheart
  • A weak plot and the lack of a compelling villain make The Scalawagons of Oz one of the most random and disorganized of the Oz books.  - The Scalawagons of Oz
  • However, Rose appears before him once again, compelling him to save Shun from Sadler and himself.  - Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation
  • Unassuming fisherman José Locota disarms Agnew and confiscates the gun, compelling him to sit quietly.  - The High and the Mighty (novel)
  • América has several secondary plots about a variety of compelling characters.  - América (telenovela)
  • Unassuming José Locota (John Qualen) disarms Agnew and confiscates the gun, compelling him to sit quietly.  - The High and the Mighty (film)
  • A strangely compelling musical signal lures the Enterprise to a remote planet in the Taurean system some 20 light-years distance.  - The Lorelei Signal
  • He spots a limping, quiet man around the village, who is somehow compelling in his demeanor and carriage.  - Ethan Frome

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