Example Sentences

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There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and savings compeller.

From New York Times • May 9, 2017

But for all his incalculable indebtednesses, Wagner is the great initiator, the compeller of the modern period.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul

He was the "cloud compeller" at whose will the clouds gathered or scattered across the sky, the "ruler of the storms," the "thunderer," by whom were hurled the ruddy lightnings.

From Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

To-day the same Siberia is a land filled with thriving villages, producing grain and various vegetables; that great compeller of civilisation, the railway, has broken down the bars between the world and Siberia.

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry

It could have sprung from nothing more palpable than the contrast suggested between Paula, the compeller, the dompteuse, and the man who had just been so describing her.

From Mary Wollaston by Webster, Henry Kitchell