How to pronounce compel
Listen to compel in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“compel” in real sentences
735 clips in the index · 113 American · 456 British · 9 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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to compel witnesses, to compel evidence.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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it to compel or prohibit.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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counterpart agencies to compel testimony we can ask counterpart agencies to compel the production of evidence
FTC · hear it here
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compel them to give me the money I can't compel them I can't get a member
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
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