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Sentence #255838

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 wells wells September 1, 2015 September 1, 2015 at 8:58:48 PM UTC link Permalink

Quite unnatural.

constrained -> forced
tell a lie -> lie

I'm not touching the sentence though, as there are many linked sentences.

Ooneykcall Ooneykcall September 1, 2015 September 1, 2015 at 11:02:54 PM UTC link Permalink

Not unnatural, just heavily-worded. Unnatural is something people wouldn't ever say except as a mistake. This is something one could say when deliberately trying to be verbose. A nice tag for those is 'stilted'.

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I was constrained to tell a lie.

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➜ #6869J'ai été contraint de mentir.

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➜ #158690私はやむなく嘘をついた。

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➜ #531167Mi estis devigita mensogi.

linked by Dejo, September 24, 2010
➜ #1441017Hazudni kényszerültem.

linked by Muelisto, February 17, 2012
➜ #2029130אולצתי לשקר.

linked by MrShoval, November 22, 2012
➜ #2193670Бях принуден да излъжа.

linked by martinhr, February 5, 2013
➜ #1799384Я был вынужден солгать.

linked by Balamax, March 19, 2013
➜ #7672729Yalan söylemek zorunda bırakıldım.

linked by Gulo_Luscus, December 9, 2019