Verb (used with object) : His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him. From Dictionary.com.
They called compellingly, and for each of the company the words were different. From Wordnik.com. [The Elf Queen of Shannara]
Gibson told journalists the matter was "compellingly" in the public interest. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And he fixed his monocle and gazed at me compellingly. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
Kucinich is using text too, and far more compellingly. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards Visits Community Counts] Reference
And then, most compellingly for Laila, there is Mariam. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
It is not so compellingly beautiful as either of the others. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
Alexander Waugh makes it, at least, compellingly interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Smiley: Here Be Dragons] Reference
His sense of hearing will be struck compellingly by your device. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
Earlier I posted a compellingly weird video addressed to Gordon Brown. From Wordnik.com. [Deleted Post] Reference
No book since Catch-22 has depicted this gruesome subject so compellingly. From Wordnik.com. [Anthony Lappe: Chasing Ghosts: The Next Catch-22?] Reference
A night of intense beauty, mysterious, disturbing, called her compellingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
Rarely have we heard a politician address race so compellingly and honestly. From Wordnik.com. [Headline Writers At The Major Networks Slow To Get Obama's Message] Reference
The sense of connection -- whether true or false -- is compellingly attractive. From Wordnik.com. [Can We Become Caught In The Web?] Reference
Need I look upon her coldly because she had become radiant, compellingly lovely?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
She talks, you know, compellingly and honestly about her battle with breast cancer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2007] Reference
A re-envisioned media must learn how to tell complex stories, simply and compellingly. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Koehler: The Tossed Shoe Award] Reference
President Reagan was quite brilliant at it and he did it very graphically and compellingly. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President At Dnc Dinner] Reference
I do know that everything about the story, its setting and its people seems compellingly real. From Wordnik.com. [Books in Brief] Reference
Furthermore, such a belief has been compellingly argued by others (see below for a short reading list). From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
This girl seemed to be about granddaughterly age, yet there was something compellingly mature about her. From Wordnik.com. [Roc and a Hard Place]
As Linda Hirshman wrote so compellingly in Slate, we need to first consider the value of a woman's life. From Wordnik.com. [Gloria Feldt: Obama Caint Choose Kaine] Reference
No one should take "JFK" at face value: it's a compellingly argued case, but not to be confused with proof. From Wordnik.com. [A Troublemaker For Our Times] Reference
Many places seek to enhance themselves with art, but few are so compellingly kooky as Truth or Consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Remote Contol] Reference
Deeply researched, compellingly written, it is the most influential book ever written about an American city. From Wordnik.com. [Robert E. Murphy: O'Malley vs. Moses, a Half-Century Later] Reference
Mr. Wong treats it as the tasty stuff of life and memory in a compellingly elongated torch-carrying love story. From Wordnik.com. [Norah Jones Is Sweet as Pie in My Blueberry Nights] Reference
She spoke compellingly at the poor people's march in Washington against the scourge of racism, poverty and war. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2006] Reference
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