Sentence examples for persuade on this from inspiring English sources

Opinions on the relatively new topic of transgender people, she notes, "may not be fully crystallized, thus potentially making them easier to persuade on this issue than other well-established controversies such as gay marriage".

They also sat in on a number of closed-door meetings in which their father tried to persuade on-the-fence Republican state senators to vote in favor of same-sex marriage.

"The part he had to be persuaded on was that we weren't going to pick it up with private donations," she said.

This has created an over-emphasis on balance, which these days often pits scientists relaying objective knowledge on the one hand, against impassioned advocates seeking to persuade on the other.

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a chamber orchestra led by democratic means among its members, rather than by a single conductor... Quotes John Stuart Mill on democracy... Most of us don't need to be persuaded on this score; we are all democrats now.

The New Yorker, August 26 , 1996P. 100 ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a chamber orchestra led by democratic means among its members, rather than by a single conductor... Quotes John Stuart Mill on democracy... Most of us don't need to be persuaded on this score; we are all democrats now.

By James Traub The New Yorker, August 26 , 1996P. 100 ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a chamber orchestra led by democratic means among its members, rather than by a single conductor... Quotes John Stuart Mill on democracy... Most of us don't need to be persuaded on this score; we are all democrats now.

"On balance the court is not persuaded, on the information before it, that it should".

I was persuaded on the strength of the tour guide's name and stated occupation.

But he made it clear that he also was not persuaded on the merits.

He was eventually persuaded on the grounds that it could double as a research trip for his Bond novels (he was on his seventh by this stage).