Example Sentences

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The ideas were compelling, and they’re catching on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Even the ones that felt wrong in a way I didn’t have vocabulary for at the time — like Alison in “The Breakfast Club” and Iona in “Pretty In Pink” — were compelling.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

The results were compelling, demonstrating the strains' effectiveness in reducing body fat and rectifying the imbalances in intestinal microflora induced by obesity.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

But he added that the contents of the samples were "compelling evidence that animals there were probably infected with the virus".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023

Although such interior exhibits were compelling, the earliest visitors to Jackson Park saw immediately that the fair’s greatest power lay in the strange gravity of the buildings themselves.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson