Sentence examples for without convincing from inspiring English sources

If, as expected, this was Totti's last game for Italy he departs without convincing the doubters.

But lending limits announced on March 28th by the central bank managed to rattle the stockmarket without convincing local analysts they would have much practical impact.

That means the government can obtain extraordinarily sensitive information about your activities and communications without convincing a judge that there is probable cause to collect it".

In neighboring Portugal, the main rival parties recently agreed on an austerity package, but in Spain the Popular Party voted against spending cuts last week, without convincing most analysts that it had anything better to offer.

Salmon skin — rich, fatty, cooked almost to the consistency of pork rind — worked quite well with wasabi gnocchi, though without convincing you that Italian and Japanese cuisines ought to get together more often.

Actually, the Bears have been quietly winning games without convincing anyone they're any good until Sunday, when they beat the Eagles, Cutler outplayed Michael Vick — yes, you read that right — and the bluster is back in the Windy City.

The latter dazzled without necessarily convincing (songs such as Hollywood sounded a bit too pleased with themselves in this context).

They have had a strange season, finishing top of the table without ever convincing they were the best team in the competition.

Seething with violence — domestic, street and institutional — the movie jumps from heartwarming to murderous without ever convincing us that all these guys need is a coach who cares.

This allows the film to switch arbitrarily from one location to another – a South Pacific island, a trans-Alpine express, a stopover in Salzburg – without ever convincing us there's a reason for any of them.

For me, Gran Torino works perfectly as an elegiac final roll of the dice for Eastwood, who, like John Wayne before him, always managed to be a great screen presence without ever convincing you he was a great actor.