Sentence examples for every persuasive from inspiring English sources

"I used every persuasive technique I could muster short of rudeness," said Mr. Crawford.

It is surprising that ministers, in the age-old task of moving parishioners to high ground, are pining for a mythical past rather than considering every persuasive tool in the book for the task at hand.

For every persuasive point that Mr. Helprin makes, he undermines it with a gratuitously nasty attack on his opponents, an absurd generalization or a pretentious digression that does nothing to illuminate his thesis.

The result is that Generation Kill is every bit as persuasive as the Kathryn Bigelow-directed film The Hurt Locker.

The guy -- Ne-Yo -- is every bit as persuasive as she is about who gets the blame: "Any time I think about missing you/I remember the stress you put me through".

"You know, in a few years I won't be around to watch movies with you guys," he says finally, using every ounce of persuasive energy he can muster.

Not every scene is equally persuasive.

Correspondingly, rhetoric is defined as the ability to see what is possibly persuasive in every given case (Rhet. I.2, 1355b26f).

It's an act that's entirely Sweet's own, and it gets more persuasive with his every squeak, titter and Blytonesque expostulation ("Wowsers McGowsers!").

Getting to a filibuster-proof 60 votes will require every bit of Mr. Obama's persuasive powers — and a real push by the Senate's often-passive Democratic leaders.

The whole is a suspenseful, intricately plotted, violent and steamy tale that, while not persuasive in absolutely every detail, is an impressive piece of work.