Both Uses of
compelling
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- After dark, they worked by the light of the city's fires and by candles the ten remaining nurses held for them, Dr Sasaki had not looked outside the hospital all day: the scene inside was so terrible and so compelling that it had not occurred to him to ask any questions about what had happened beyond the windows and doors.†
Chpt 3 *compelling = very interesting; or convincing; or a force for action
- Almost to a man, they have accepted as a compelling responsibility their mission to help in preventing further similar destruction anywhere in the world .... The people of Hiroshima ...earnestly desire that out of their experience there may develop some permanent contribution to the cause of world peace.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
very interesting; or convincing -- possibly leading to action
or more rarely: a force for action
or more rarely: a force for action