Sentence examples for persuading both from inspiring English sources

But Obama united the party by persuading both factions that he was really on their side.

Huston said he was having some difficulty persuading both Schary and Reinhardt to let Murphy have the part.

The trick, analysts said, is persuading both sides to act simultaneously when each wants to see the other move first.

Kudos then for persuading both chambers to pass 2010 budget resolutions that more or less reflected the blueprint handed to them by the White House.

On the secular flank, he put months into persuading both state banking officials and his own board of the new products' legitimacy.

Mr. Mandela set out on the task of cementing national unity by persuading both sides of the ethnic divide that the Springboks were one team for one country.

Both the rhetor and the rhetorical critic write to persuade; both ask and answer important questions.

But it must also persuade both sides that it is an honest broker.

They must persuade both houses of Congress to join in a repeal.

The priests also persuaded both sides to remain silent during today's school march and protests.

The results persuaded both directors to push forward with the trilogy.