- present participle of dissuade.
dissuading
Example Sentences
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The property crisis drags on and home prices have stagnated, dissuading would-be buyers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even so, Denver’s sluggish condo market is dissuading some owners from selling, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Experts say the availability of auto-industry jobs has been a key factor in dissuading many Mexicans from immigrating to the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
I'm not the only skeptical of how the shallow manipulations of TikTok are dissuading people from having more meaningful, if more slow-moving, experiences in the real world.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025
Had I succeeded in dissuading Hamlet from revenge?
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
