Sentence examples for having failed to persuade from inspiring English sources

Having failed to persuade the government to stand down, the commander seized power on December 5th.

By then a teen-ager, Queeney, having failed to persuade Hester to give him up, renounced her mother altogether.

Having failed to persuade a Russian or Chinese investor to buy Laiki, Mr Sarris was summarily sacked by the then Communist government.

The report said they decided to kill her the day before she was due to return to Dubai, having failed to persuade her to stay in Pakistan.

And we also voted against raising tuition fees, having failed to persuade a Labour government not to renege on its promise.

Having failed to persuade Washington to abandon its push to build an antimissile system, the Kremlin is doing the next best thing: It is working on America's allies.

But such statements have failed to persuade investors.

A desperate appeal to the sulky Achilles has failed to persuade him to reënter the fray.

So far, the Bulldogs have failed to persuade Sandelin to join in.

However, years of exhortation have failed to persuade most of those affected actually to do this.

She also must have failed to persuade him that he was no businessman.