Example sentences for: persuade

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

  • Bush has all three, and he has used them to persuade the legislature to enact incremental portions of his agenda on issues such as education, welfare, and taxes.

  • But he argued that rolling attacks might persuade the Taliban to hand over Bin Ladin and, in any case, would show that the action in August was not a "oneoff " event.

  • A little checking might persuade you that these buildings were by no means the norm in the long lost Golden Age of public construction.

  • Newsweek says the "future of the country may be riding" on Powell's campaign to save at-risk kids, but doubts whether the general can persuade corporations to make long-term commitments to philanthropy.

  • A day earlier, the Sunday Times , quoting a British government source, said Blair is feeling "a deep sense of frustration" with Clinton after failing to persuade him to commit ground troops to Kosovo.


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