Compelled and Trying

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Trying and compelled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Compelled".

Nearby Words: compel, compelling

Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.

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Compelled and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compelled" instead an adjective "Trying".

Nearby Words: try, tried

Dream of The Sandman spent most of the series going through a slow change, and trying to correct mistakes his strict code of honor "compelled" him to make.

Source: Pride
She retains her sentience but feels compelled to eat brains, trying to stave off her hunger while running with Curt from their pursuers.This film has the examples of: Absurdly Spacious Sewer: The Riverman lives in one.

Source: Film / Return of the Living Dead 3
Older Than Feudalism: Odysseus of Homer's The Odyssey slept with both Circe and later Calypso (although it may not have been voluntary, as he is described as trying to fight her desire, but she "compelled him") without any criticism from other characters, the gods, or the narrators.

Source: My Girl Is Not a Slut

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