Sentence examples for slowly persuade from inspiring English sources

"I'm not so sure it's right to say we have worked together; it's more that we have a series of continuing arguments many of which are still going on as I slowly persuade him of the error of his earlier positions," Sims joked.

If human rights issues are a sustained part of the conversation when the west sits down at the table with Iran, pragmatists like Rouhani can slowly persuade Iran's top leadership that the rapprochement so desperately needed to fix the economy will also require some attention to citizens' welfare.

The result of these shenanigans, if anything, has been to slowly persuade London that Gibraltar might be right about these Spaniards: Who wants to hop in bed with a bunch of people who can't even keep their local law enforcement ships from playing chicken with foreign nuclear submarines?

He slipped secretly into Taliban-held southern Afghanistan and slowly persuaded Pashtun tribal leaders to turn against the Taliban.

The government is slowly persuading its neighbours to stop supporting them, and has new oil riches to help it equip its army.

In a neat reversal, the honest black realist, Odongo, slowly persuades the bitter Glenton to accept the Kenya he loves for its physical beauty, its ability to give its inhabitants the feeling that they are on the edge of Eden.

Officials in agricultural areas seem to be slowly persuading more farmers to stop burning their fields between seasons, which is a huge contributor to the pollution in nearby Delhi.

But its cooking, which I first tasted at the bakeries and restaurants on Kings Highway, is so intriguing that over several months, I slowly persuaded some home cooks to open their kitchens.

Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's foreign minister at the time, credits Clinton with slowly persuading the US government to compromise after Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, arranged an informal meeting in the foyer of an Istanbul hotel where all three women were attending an international conference.

Playing initially at failing comedy clubs in San Francisco, Dallas, and Washington D.C., Becker slowly persuaded club owners that they should change their policies.

When I learned all this, I found it slowly persuading me, but I still couldn't shake off a nagging doubt.