How to Use persuade in a Sentence
persuade
verb
- He persuaded his friend to go back to school.
- He persuaded himself that he had made the right choice.
- She couldn't be persuaded to go.
- They persuaded us that we were wrong.
- He would not let himself be persuaded into buying the more expensive stereo.
- I am not easily persuaded.
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Then there’s the need to persuade consumers to eat the stuff.
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Time,
12 Jan. 2023
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Meet the jam band that just might persuade you to love a jam band.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2024
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The changes were enough to persuade Wilken to move forward to the next phase of the approval process.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Oct. 2024
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The killing of her second son has persuaded Roberts to move.
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Barry Paddock,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2024
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His attorney at the time was trying to persuade him to go to drug court to get the charges dropped.
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Samuel Ford Stark,
Sun Sentinel,
4 July 2024
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It is believed that his goal was to persuade Britain to make peace with Germany.
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David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2023
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The campaign right now has the money to organize and run TV ads to try to persuade them.
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Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2024
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Could the suit persuade other reporters not to dig too deep?
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
12 Sep. 2024
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The pair had much to gain from persuading Americans to eat their fruit.
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Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Sep. 2023
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Say no to those trying to persuade you to be a follower.
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Eugenia Last,
The Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2024
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Last week, the bank tried to persuade some of its big bank backers to buy $100 billion in assets, to no avail.
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Lucy Brewster,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2023
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That includes the $7,500 tax credit for EVs, which has helped persuade consumers to make the switch to electric.
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William Gavin,
Quartz,
25 July 2024
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But her sister took down Lee’s number and persuaded her to give him a chance.
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Albert Samaha,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2023
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The father persuaded the 25-year-old son to start his own moving business in Japan.
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Shu-Ching Jean Chen,
Forbes,
19 Apr. 2023
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If the seller tries to persuade you to send money directly, that’s a red flag.
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Jon Healey,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Nov. 2022
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Whether this is enough to persuade the courts to set aside Russell’s conviction remains to be seen.
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Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2024
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This study persuaded the FDA to approve the drug for food allergies.
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Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2024
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Precisely what persuaded him to stay in Paris in 2022 is not clear.
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Rory Smith,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2024
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Sensing that the Duke has grown lonely in her absence, the Duchess persuades the Empress to visit his soul in his body.
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Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2024
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But maybe Jennifer Lawrence’s latest outfit will persuade you to pick a side.
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Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
25 May 2023
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Is there anything Biden can do to persuade Turaani to vote for him in November?
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USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2024
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Then the legal team for Burke persuaded a county judge to kick Andrade off the ballot.
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Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Oct. 2024
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And Arizona Democrats are running against her with much of the same rhetoric that persuaded voters to reject her two years ago.
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David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2024
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Professor Frink enlists Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, who are immune from the burp clouds, to persuade their father to help with a cure.
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Joshua Kurp,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2024
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