Sentence examples for persuade to talk from inspiring English sources

So striking a deal between the parties whom UN mediator Staffan de Mistura is attempting to persuade to talk to each other in Geneva is a bit like some optimist trying to reunify East and West Germany in the depths of the Cold War.

Perhaps these people were persuaded to talk.

Once persuaded to talk about Mr. Hemeida, his relatives and friends could scarcely be interrupted.

MPs and Cameron's former student friends were persuaded to talk on and off the record.

The regular UN troops are bolstered by a contingent of British marines; the rebels may yet be persuaded to talk.

He was finally persuaded to talk about the past by Dennis Goodwin who, as founder of the First World War Veterans Associationn, organised reunions and trips for old soldiers.

A personal trainer and a dealer whom Novitzky persuaded to talk provided the bulk of the names, including that of Roger Clemens.

He was apparently ultimately persuaded to talk by a combination of appeals to his pride, to the historical record and, especially, to his desire to protect the man he considered his father, Mr. Muhammad.

If Mr. Samudra can be persuaded to talk, he could lead the authorities to the Qaeda operatives who are also believed to have had a role in the Bali attack.

But if Russia breaks ranks, China may be persuaded to talk too.It was Mr Putin's reaction to the September terrorist assaults on America, standing down his soldiers even as America's went on red alert, that Mr Bush says persuaded him that Mr Putin had finally understood the cold war was over and that a new strategic bargain could be had.

We have tried, and failed, to persuade him to talk".