'subtly persuade' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to suggest that someone be encouraged to do something in a gentle, non-coercive manner. For example: "She tried to subtly persuade her daughter to take the job offer."
But the unusual and beguiling power of the story is that its focus is more on creation than creator and it subtly persuades readers that real life is to be had through imagination.
As an alternative, Dr. Wachtmeister proposes that many of the displays are a form of manipulation, a way of subtly persuading one's partner to take on a greater share of family burdens and chores.
[C12.] Why the Price Looked Good, but Not the Final Bill Now more than ever, entire industries rely largely on wooing people with promises of deals and then subtly persuading them to pay far more than they had planned.
The sensual pleasure of eating belongs to everyday life as well, and it's not always to be found in the vast amounts of mass-produced, easy-cook fast foods that we're subtly persuaded to eat... .. How, then, do chocolate cupcakes made with Aunt Bessie's homestyle frozen mashed potato fare on the discerning palate?
He means to persuade — or, at least, to subtly reroute the grooves of reasoning by which his wary readers arrive at their reliably liberal positions.
The Thai government's rationale, The Economist noted, was that the boom in restaurants, "will not only introduce delicious spicy Thai food to thousands of new tummies and persuade more people to visit Thailand, but it could subtly help deepen relations with other countries".
What message is subtly conveyed about gender variance when only gender-normative males are deemed competent to persuade other males to transgress gender norms?
"How did we persuade them?
