Sentence examples for not very persuasive from inspiring English sources

"The Case for War" is not very persuasive about American policy.

The furtive and feral Mr. Perry is not very persuasive as a devious merchandizing mastermind — he's more the henchman type.

His defense that his economic advice to Pinochet was no different from what a doctor might give a government on how to deal with an outbreak of AIDS is not very persuasive.

Chris Grayling, the minister doing the bill with Lord Freud (not very persuasive on his feet in the Lords), was on Radio 4 this morning, explaining that he'd listen and think about the criticisms and the three Lords defeats.

His Administration, in response to a letter from John Boehner and anger from his own party, has sent some notes to Congress explaining why the War Powers Resolution does not apply there; the reasons are not very persuasive.

After delivering a lengthy if not very persuasive defense of the September dossier, he launched an impassioned assault on the BBC's reporting, declaring, "I simply say, in relation to the BBC story: It is a lie, it was a lie.

The account of why the friends cross the border isn't very persuasive.

Comparisons of Trump to Rudy Giuliani, who led the national G.O.P. polls for much of 2007, only to come a cropper in Iowa and New Hampshire, aren't very persuasive.

That "peaceful" bit after so much inflammatory language isn't very persuasive or reassuring, but may help the site avoid crossing the line that separates lawful free speech from a criminal threat.

Tucker Carlson, who inherited O'Reilly's 8 P.M. slot, and who is typically a sure-footed host, wasn't very persuasive, last week, when he told viewers, "What you think is happening often really isn't happening".

They are not, frankly, very persuasive, but don't say you weren't warned if the flesh-eating worst does come to pass.