persuade
Example Sentences
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Iranian diplomats during the week tried to persuade the U.S. not to strike their country, and to resume nuclear talks instead.
It inverts the First Amendment’s core purpose: protecting speech that persuades, speech that matters, speech people actually hear.
Even after Glasner informed Parish of his intention to step down over dinner in October, you sensed Palace had not given up hope of somehow persuading their manager to U-turn.
From BBC
Time and time again on “Parks and Recreation,” the intrepid and plucky Leslie cut through legislative red tape and won over her enemies, and the ones she couldn’t persuade always looked like cold-hearted fools.
From Salon
Instead, they were allegedly responsible for the outright rigging of games—and persuaded more than three dozen players to go along with it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
