noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
feel
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But she also felt a compulsion to talk to Louise.
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McClellan felt no compulsion to press into Virginia after Lee.
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When he was around I felt no compulsion to bind myself to people in this terrible, demanding way.
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It was a compulsion I'd starved for, and even if I never went hungry again I would feel that compulsion for ever.
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So long as the possibility remained that nothing would happen they felt no compulsion to educate themselves.
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Do we now feel a compulsion to believe things again?
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I feel a compulsion to accept Belinda as my own now.
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As I warily got to my feet I felt a compulsion to retrace my steps in the direction of Jock's trench.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Compulsion is not the answer to get kids to perform better in school.
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He felt a sudden compulsion to laugh out loud.
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People may develop compulsions such as excessive cleaning or counting.
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The patient had a compulsion that caused him to wash his hands 20 or 30 times a day.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But she also felt a compulsion to talk to Louise.
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Here,... we are dealing with a compulsion of students to declare a belief.
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It was a compulsion I'd starved for, and even if I never went hungry again I would feel that compulsion for ever.
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No compulsion would have been necessary.
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The compulsion to return may be strong, but the obstacles are huge.
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The bad was the pervasive and inevitable corruption of morals and manners that accompanied such a compulsion for the luxurious.
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There is no compulsion on the farmer to provide education at all.