All 6 Uses of
compulsion
in
A Bend in the Road
- Driven by compulsion, I'd had no choice.†
Chpt 10
- As with any compulsion, I couldn't stop.†
Chpt 25
- Like an itch I couldn't reach, the compulsion to spy nagged at me, growing stronger as the hours rolled on.†
Chpt 25
- But just as I'd been compelled to watch them for a year, the compulsion suddenly reversed itself and I knew I had to let them live in peace, without me spying on them.†
Chpt 28
- As the months from the accident had increased, his compulsion to find me decreased.†
Chpt 28
- With the compulsion gone, I thought I had put the nightmare behind me.
Chpt 28 *compulsion = a strong (possibly uncontrollable) urge to do something
Definition:
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(compulsion) a strong (possibly uncontrollable) urge to do something; or a force or a requirement that forces an action