Sentence examples for persuade myself from inspiring English sources

I started to persuade myself that this was temporary.

Sometimes I tried to persuade myself that she was not really deaf.

'I tried to persuade myself that she had to do it like that... to end it like that, but I couldn't persuade myself.

If I permitted myself a certain religious faith or degree of mysticism, I could persuade myself that she indeed was.

Surrounded by the smell of fries, it was hard to persuade myself to order the sandwich, but I followed through.

I needed to be persuaded or to persuade myself either way.

Actually, I persuaded myself that it is  ludicrous to be so self-denying.

The horses think nothing of the weather, though I have trouble persuading myself of that.

I believed I was helping them, or at least I persuaded myself that I was.

I spent months persuading myself that my university would not be interested in my welfare.

I persuaded myself that my fear of the Sigurimi was groundless.