Grammatical class

Inflected form

contraint

(past,participle) contraindre

Sentences

Je suis contraint de le faire.

I am compelled to do it.

A1

Il a été contraint au chômage.

He was forced into unemployment.

A1

Elle l'a contraint à s'asseoir.

She forced him to sit down.

A1

Le boxeur fut contraint de s'allonger.

The boxer was pressured to throw the fight.

A1

J'ai été contraint de mentir.

I was constrained to tell a lie.

A2

Il m'a contraint à faire un discours.

He compelled me to make a speech.

A2

Je suis contraint à le faire.

I am forced to do it.

B1

Le roi a été contraint d'abdiquer.

The king was forced to abdicate.

B1

J'ai été contraint de démissionner.

I was forced to resign.

B1

L'examen m'a contraint à étudier sérieusement.

The exam forced me to study hard.

B1

Je fus contraint de prendre des médicaments.

I was forced to take medicine.

B2

Le ministre fut contraint de quitter le cabinet.

The minister was obliged to resign from the cabinet.

B2