Sentence examples for persuade doubters from inspiring English sources

If it's too late for that, a strong performance can help to calm nerves or persuade doubters they best toe the line.

Taxpayers cheered the rough-hewn provincial from the poor north-eastern state of Pernambuco; the government scrambled to persuade doubters that it was still in control of Congress.Mr Cavalcanti's rise poses two related dangers.

And will they be able to compromise with political opponents in a way that she struggled to do? Sajid Javid has risen quickly and may rise much farther still, but he also risks seeming too partisan on occasions and too ready to confront, rather than persuade, doubters.

It remains to be seen whether his victory this year, which came among a field of Grand Tour winners including Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali, Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde, will persuade doubters of his ability.

He was in agreement with Heath's policy on the EEC, and did much to persuade doubters on the right wing of the Conservative party of the desirability of Britain's entry.

Andrés Segovia, performing his own transcription in the 1930's, persuaded doubters that the guitar was a legitimate concert instrument.

First, she said, the Swiss have to overcome their past sins, settling with the Americans and other governments and persuading doubters of their sincerity.

In the 1980s, Gallo began producing fine vintages instead of relying on its cheap, screwtop table and jug wines, and despite a downmarket reputation the quality of the select wines eventually persuaded doubters.

But the guerrillas also agreed to give up this habit of "miraculous fishing"—stopping all vehicles and grabbing the cream of their occupants as hostages and the president persuaded doubters to give the peace process one more chance.A similar last-minute deal in January, after an alleged FARC deserter hijacked an aircraft with 30 people on board, in the end bore little fruit.

More also went on to use his own theory of the three "vehicles" of the soul, aetherial, aerial, and terrestrial, as a way of persuading doubters of the reasonableness of accounts of Christ's resurrection and ascension.

That may persuade the doubters and promote its use.