Sentence examples for persuaded herself from inspiring English sources

Though she has persuaded herself otherwise, Truss doesn't want people to care about correctness.

"I'm sure there were times when to console herself she persuaded herself that I was this man's child.

She had persuaded herself that he was amorously interested in Harriet; worse, she had persuaded Harriet of this too.

When she finally persuaded herself to buy a new car, she didn't draw much additional satisfaction from it.

Or has Borman persuaded herself that, since Buckingham stood to gain, he must have murdered the little boys?

And he organised our wedding.' But she has persuaded herself that his lawyers made him do it.

She tried to persuade herself to not like him.

Like Tony Blair, she appears to be able to persuade herself of a series of improbable but convenient propositions.

We can even hear her trying to persuade herself ("she would gladly have submitted … ") of her unselfishness.

For her, it takes a little longer: She has to persuade herself that Lenny's schlubby looks don't matter, that his devotion to her is real.

Gwendolen fantasises and dreams of stabbing Grandcourt, and then persuades herself she is responsible for his death by drowning in a boating accident.