persuade

Example Sentences

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But could social media trends like BookTok persuade them to put down their phones, and pick up a book instead?

From BBC

By the time a story filters down to “Dateline” or Investigation Discovery, enough years have passed that the victim’s relatives, attorneys and investigators can be persuaded to revisit the worst chapter of their lives.

From Salon

Email chains also indicate there was a meeting set up between Sulayem and Lord Mandelson weeks earlier to persuade the UK government to support the DP World deal.

From BBC

Caroline, from County Durham, was divorced in 2002 and says she "plodded along for a bit" before being persuaded by a friend to give dating apps a try.

From BBC

Paramount is hoping its latest pitch can persuade Warner to ditch its agreement to sell its movie and TV studios and HBO Max streaming service to Netflix.

From The Wall Street Journal