Example sentences for: persuade

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

  • True, syllotheticians aim high; in a word, they seek not merely to persuade but to convince.

  • The LAT explains that Quinn was more than just one vote, because he had been working with the White House to try to persuade fellow moderates to oppose impeachment.

  • He can play it both ways: Cultivate the censure movement in order to persuade Democrats to vote against conviction, then sabotage censure by encouraging liberal and conservative zealots in the Senate to hold out for extreme terms.

  • The divorce cost Hudson its biggest client and inaugurated Burger King's campaign to persuade customers to continue eating its meat.

  • Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, who had taken charge from the ailing King Fahd, promised Tenet an all-out secret effort to persuade the Taliban to expel Bin Ladin so that he could be sent to the United States or to another country for trial.


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