Example sentences for: persuasion

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

  • The New York Times leads with the election victory in Chile of a socialist--the first of that political persuasion to lead Chile since Salvador Allende.

  • This reflects our hope that these Dialogues will be exercises in reasoned persuasion, and not repeated fusillades from fixed positions.

  • Most of the 130-odd sources are, quite naturally, UK in origin and persuasion, with a fair sprinkling of US periodicals; others looked at include Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Turkey, Hong Kong, and France (for The International Herald Tribune ). Ayto writes well, and his Introduction (actually, to get fussy about it, Foreword or Preface) sets forth clearly the aims and purposes of this collection of neologisms.

  • The small percentage of Muslims who are fully committed to Usama Bin Ladin's version of Islam are impervious to persuasion.

  • The LAT leads with the likely stance President Clinton will take in separate White House meetings this week with Netanyahu and Arafat--gentle persuasion, not tough talk.


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