Sentence examples for persuasive characters from inspiring English sources

To be persuasive, characters in a film should sound as if they lived in the same place or at least inhabited the same period.

Like Sister Evangeline in "The Patron Saint of Liars," he is one of Patchett's holy clairvoyants; though his appearances in "Run" are few, he is among the novel's more entertaining and persuasive characters.

And I can certainly imagine that a millennial standard-bearer might be worth having; a sort of generalisable, meditative, desk-top embodiment of our otherwise unapplauded selves - one who's not so accurately drawn as to cause discomfort, but still recognisable enough to make us feel a bit more visible to ourselves and possibly re-certify us as persuasive characters in our own daily dramas.

The judge said the government case against Dr. Lee "no longer has the requisite clarity and persuasive character".

The government's case "no longer has the requisite clarity and persuasive character," needed to hold Dr. Lee, Judge Parker wrote.

But let's return to a happier topic: Mr. Butz, who manages to find a persuasive character even when the hapless, hacking Camille is still alive.

Ms. Friel is an accomplished British stage and film actress, and her training shows: hers is the most textured and persuasive character of the foursome.

Last week a judge in New Mexico ruled that the government's case "no longer has the requisite clarity and persuasive character" needed to keep holding Dr. Lee without bail.

This show's most persuasive character turns out not to be the first lady of the American theater but the boy who would grow up to be A. R. Gurney.

As a composer, he produced original material of quietly persuasive character that offered irresistible invitations to improvisers – beginning with the album Conception Vessel (1972), with Jarrett on flute or impressionistically free-jazzy piano, and Haden in the lineup.

Only Julia Murney (Queenie in the Manhattan Theater Club's "Wild Party"), who plays Kate Mancuso, Si's strident 21st-century girlfriend, creates a persuasive character, exuding an angular contemporary aggression and a softening breath of insecurity.