persuaded; persuading
1
: to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action
2
: to plead with : urge
persuader
noun
Examples of persuade in a Sentence
He persuaded his friend to go back to school.
She couldn't be persuaded to go.
He would not let himself be persuaded into buying the more expensive stereo.
I am not easily persuaded.
They persuaded us that we were wrong.
He persuaded himself that he had made the right choice.
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One of Godard’s Swiss friends persuaded a pair of friends in Geneva to lend Godard a 35 mm film camera for the shoot, and one of these Geneva friends also served as cinematographer.
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Instead of flying Ejection to America to start that new life, Chalker was told to persuade him to return to Iran to find out even more.
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For that, Cerwin persuaded Jack Warner, the youngest of the four Warner brothers, to part with a prop from the 1925 film The Merry Widow that was reportedly big enough to sleep ten.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2026
One of Godard’s Swiss friends persuaded a pair of friends in Geneva to lend Godard a 35 mm film camera for the shoot, and one of these Geneva friends also served as cinematographer.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Instead of flying Ejection to America to start that new life, Chalker was told to persuade him to return to Iran to find out even more.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
For that, Cerwin persuaded Jack Warner, the youngest of the four Warner brothers, to part with a prop from the 1925 film The Merry Widow that was reportedly big enough to sleep ten.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for persuade
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“Persuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persuade. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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persuade
verb
per·suade
pər-ˈswād 
persuaded; persuading
: to win over to a belief or to a course of action by argument or earnest request
persuadable
adjective
-ˈswād-ə-bəl
persuader
noun
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