persuader

Example Sentences

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I have seen speculation that she did this because she is a master persuader.

From The Verge • Dec. 9, 2021

Weinberg is a world-class persuader, though, and a majority of the trustees and a surprising number of benefactors and city officials fell in love with Hammons’s ghost pier.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

In Bannon, Harnwell saw a gifted persuader — somebody he calls a “pioneer” and a “great genius.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2018

Also rescinded was the "persuader rule," which required law firms to publicly disclose any work they do for employers trying to fight against union organization efforts.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2018

The one thing that a Maven is not is a persuader.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell