Sentence examples for persuading my from inspiring English sources

I'd succeeded in persuading my insurance company to cover the procedure — but I still had to pay for it.

I spent much of my time scheming to get back to Griffith Stadium, even persuading my sports-agnostic mother to take my 4-year-old sister, Maureen, and me to a Ladies' Day game.

"I had the devil of a time persuading my uncle, Kalman Liebermann, who was a rabbi himself, that I wasn&apos t cut out for the theological calling," he said.

When I went to work on persuading my pet-phobic husband to admit cats into our household, I had in mind the sense of unity an animal can bring to a family.

All of these organizations have given me ideas as well as the comfort of knowing that the occasional difficulties of persuading my children that father or mother sometimes knows best have been shared by others.

Apart from being the face on the screen, I was also able to help with raising the finance, and in persuading my friend Vangelis [who scored the film] to come on board with us.

I persuaded my husband to join me.

His report comforted me but didn't persuade my children.

I persuaded my Mother to buy it for me.

I haven't been able to persuade my Conservative colleagues.

Three seasons ago, my stepmother persuaded my father to evacuate — unnecessarily, it turned out.