How to Use compelling in a Sentence

compelling

adjective
  • She had a compelling need to share what she had heard.
  • I would need a very compelling reason to leave my job.
  • The novel was so compelling that I couldn't put it down.
  • He made a compelling argument.
  • And that now is, by far, the most compelling part of the film.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
  • And that, in part, is what made the strange sounds so compelling.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
  • And at the end of the day, there’s nothing more compelling than that.
    — Danielle Cohen, Glamour, 2 May 2025
  • The result is one of the most compelling performances of the year.
    — Nick Clement, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And, in each of the film’s most compelling scenes, also a plea: to save them.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The most compelling data, quotes, and insights from the field.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Here’s a look at some of his most compelling tracks so far.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2022
  • So perhaps the most compelling bout of the weekend is ...
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2021
  • That freedom is what made the gallery so compelling for artists.
    — Nina Raemont, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2022
  • And the thing that was most compelling in some ways was the breathing behind it as well.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That’s saying something when one of the most compelling ones is shot in the head at the outset.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • The story is so compelling and so fun and so dark and twisted ...
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Will the show be compelling to someone who has never even touched the games?
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2023
  • So in 2020, THR moved away from writing up the overnights in all but the most compelling of cases.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Yet there are compelling reasons to stay in the market.
    — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • But my eyes kept being drawn away from the food because the design of the room was so compelling.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Nov. 2022
  • It’s part of what makes baseball so compelling, the different ways to do the same job.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • There was little of the tension that makes golf compelling.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Her cropped hair was perhaps the most compelling part of her outfit.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Most compelling, Moore said, were changes in math scores of eighth-graders in classes like the one Ellie took.
    — Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But for all the complaints about the caucus process, some see a compelling reason to keep it in place: its low cost.
    — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The current Camry is by far the most compelling it’s ever been.
    — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Hope springs eternal, and there’s a compelling new call for reform.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
  • That said, this isn’t exactly the most compelling burn.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Mar. 2022
  • In some ways, the story of Mr. Niami, the man behind The One, is as compelling as the house itself.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • And educators started to research how to make learning through the radio more compelling and fun.
    — Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 2 May 2025

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