Sentence examples for making persuaded from inspiring English sources

Cornell University psychological scientist Valerie Reyna, one of the nation's experts on risk assessment and decision making, persuaded a federal intelligence agency to let her study agents' thinking.

It is said to have sent a shiver through Wall Street, though it would have been pretty dumb not to guess something was up from the intro: "Steve Jobs, who helped make personal computers as easy to use as telephones, changed the way animated films are made, persuaded consumers to tune into digital music and refashioned the mobile phone, has XXXX.

But Dr. Schnaper and others made persuading doctors their mission, traveling to medical meetings and repeatedly urging doctors to enroll patients.

The fact that it was being presented by someone whose very candidacy seemed to embody the idea that the United States was making progress, persuaded many voters (and commentators) to overlook its utopian aspect.

The American Chemistry Council, which represents companies that make BPA, persuaded the California Assembly not to pass such a ban last October.

But its day-to-day practice is often dirtier: oppositions must be denigrated, promises and compromises made, voters persuaded to trust you with decisions that will affect every aspect of their lives.

Little attempt was made to persuade Europeans of the euro's merits.

New efforts ought to be made to persuade the sheiks to assert their influence and help keep the peace.

Police sources say every effort was made to persuade her that her word was not doubted, but that the prospects of securing a conviction were minimal.

But with less than two months remaining until Election Day, there are few signs that Democrats have made gains persuading Americans that they should keep control of Congress.

Carpetbagging oil traders made fortunes persuading companies to sell oil on the cheap, which they turned around and sold for vast profits at the world commodity price.