compel
verb (used with object)
to force or drive, especially to a course of action.
has been compelling
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present perfect progressiveof compel (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Complete peace might elude him, but his journey has been compelling, and this documentary tells it well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
The logic, for most courts, has been compelling.
From The Verge ● Jan. 28, 2020
Yankees-Red Sox was the only one of the four division series that was tied after two games and, to a large degree, the only one that has been compelling enough to follow.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2018
Callaghan says she began surfing aged two or three, and her attraction to the sport has been compelling ever since.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2017
So Corporal Merriwell has been compelling a plebe to perform menial services?
From Frank Merriwell's Chums by Burt L. Standish
