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, in part, is what made the strange sounds so compelling.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This is the compelling story of a lifetime spent indulging in a passion.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 4 Jan. 2023
• None falls prey to old-lady cliches and all are compelling.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2022
• Maybe getting Bam Adebayo out on the fastbreak and in the open court on offense would make the Heat a more compelling team to watch.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2022
• And to get back to the original question: What will make the sport more compelling to a U.S. audience?
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• The series will have a cast of compelling characters and plot lines which viewers from around the world will love.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 July 2022
• Reporter's Notebook The most compelling data, quotes, and insights from the field.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023
• Manning himself has found compelling, missed the cut in his first year of eligibility.
  — Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
• In matters of texture, cotton, knits, and compelling fabrics arrived in the form of modern corsetry, slick pantsuits, and boisterous dresses in assorted hues.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025