Example sentences for: persuade

How can you use “persuade” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Still, Clinton insists that "he has no intention" of committing ground troops to the Kosovo war front and remains convinced that airstrikes alone can persuade Serb forces to swear off their favorite pastime of rape-and-pillage.

  • But is the Internet so miraculous an advertising vehicle that Gross will be able to siphon off $400 per person from total ad spending of $1,000 per family--or persuade advertisers to spend an additional $400 to reach each of his customers?

  • On a more elementary level, though, Nixon is trying to persuade both Dean and himself that Felt would never commit career suicide by blowing the whistle.

  • With difficulty, Barbara Bodine, the U.S. ambassador to Yemen, tried to persuade the Yemeni government to accept these visitors and allow them to carry arms, though the Yemenis balked at letting Americans openly carry long guns (rifles, shotguns, automatic weapons).

  • Ha'aretz , meanwhile, continued its campaign to persuade President Weizman to resign, after reports, which he has not denied, that he received nearly $500,000 in gifts from a French millionaire.


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