Sentence examples for persuade to run from inspiring English sources

The party is on the hunt for by-election candidates, and is trying to extend the range of people it can persuade to run.

In 2011, he was persuaded to run for mayor.

Tells how Mrs. Aquino was persuaded to run for pres.

That autumn, he allowed himself to be persuaded to run for the governorship of New York.

Mr. Barber himself needed to be persuaded to run, and initially dismissed entreaties from local leaders.

Could Glyndebourne be persuaded to run a double-bill of fragments?

"Geoffrey Hill would get my vote, if he can be persuaded to run," said Motion.

Four years later she was persuaded to run for the Legislature on the Democratic ticket.

He was persuaded to run by a group of Queens political figures who came to see him at his office.

At Mr Saidullayev's mansion in Alkhan-yurt his campaign manager, Mukhamed Arsanukayev, says his boss was persuaded to run by Sergei Yastrzhembsky, an aide to Mr Putin.

Kennard Bibb, 48, a physical therapist from San Antonio, said he was persuaded to run by residents of the retirement center where he works.