Sentence examples for to persuading from inspiring English sources
verb
To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.
- That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.
It should then devote its energy to persuading the Catalans to stay.
Better roads and railways are seen as crucial to persuading firms to invest outside the capital.
President Obama is close to persuading his government to reopen supply lines.
He saw this as a first step to persuading the provinces to back more radical change.
The key to persuading independents is to "lead with values," Mr. Israel said.
In addition to persuading Sharon would have no choice but to let him leave Israel.
We turned our efforts instead to persuading a conductor to turn on the air-conditioning.
We've considered getting at the mums because we think they are the key to persuading students".
Mr. Crane said the federal help would be important to persuading investors to lend money.
At times France has even come close to persuading Germany to create separate institutions for the euro zone.
Ronald Reagan devoted a great deal of energy to persuading people that he was not a trigger-happy ideologue.
