Sentence examples for received convinced from inspiring English sources

On one of these visits, the deluge of calls received convinced him that the company had gone too far in slashing the prices of its consumer PCs a move that had compensated for slowing demand from the American government, but hurt the firm's margins.

The brutal treatment he received convinced him that Egypt, like the West, was corrupt, and, drawing on the work of early Muslim scholars such as Ibn Taymiyyah, he argued that much of modern Muslim society had fallen in apostasy and was, therefore, a legitimate target of jihad.

Although Anarky was not intended to be used beyond this debut story, the positive reception the character received convinced Alan Grant to continue using the character in future issues.

The enthusiastic reception that Hitler received convinced him to settle the future of Austria by outright annexation (Anschluss).

They'll get convinced and say, "Yes".

Some standard parts of waivers are outrageous, keeping defendants from appealing even if they become convinced that they received inadequate counsel to accept a defective plea agreement where the sentence was not lighter or where the prosecutor wrongly withheld evidence.

I was so convinced that I would be successful that when I received my rejection, it struck me as a bolt from the blue.

Mr. Chafee said he was not so convinced that Democrats would not make mischief when Congress received the final count of electors in January.

Despite the numerous warnings which he had received from the CIA and his own military intelligence, General Phu remained convinced that Pleiku would be North Vietnam's next target.

However, the criticism Anna has received from friends hasn't shaken her views: "If anything, it makes me more convinced that most young people just voted with the herd".

But he also says he has seen as much, if not more, change in states "that did not receive a nickel" as in those that received "hundreds of millions of dollars".On that question of money, Mr Romney is pretty convinced that much of the spending on education has been wasted.