persuasive
adjective
per·sua·sive
pər-ˈswā-siv 
-ziv
: tending to persuade
persuasively
adverb
persuasiveness
noun
Examples of persuasive in a Sentence
We weren't shown any persuasive evidence that he had committed the crime.
a persuasive argument for increasing funding of the city's library system
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Seeing how a lap around the block improves your blood sugar readings or how a few slices of pizza keeps glucose elevated may be more persuasive than a doctor’s advice alone.
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Daryl Austin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This is a pioneering use of old, ephemeral tech to invent new, eternal cinema, that is so persuasive of its own whimsical worldview that to emerge 186 minutes later is to feel slightly attacked by the garish, hi-def sharpness of reality, and to wonder where all the wonder has gone.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
With The Osbournes as its most persuasive proof-of-concept, reality TV became dominated by this sort of celebrity normalizing, this sort of celebrity rehab.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
There are so many of us that want to be Roy in the courtroom — commanding, persuasive, funny. ...
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025
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Daryl Austin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This is a pioneering use of old, ephemeral tech to invent new, eternal cinema, that is so persuasive of its own whimsical worldview that to emerge 186 minutes later is to feel slightly attacked by the garish, hi-def sharpness of reality, and to wonder where all the wonder has gone.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
With The Osbournes as its most persuasive proof-of-concept, reality TV became dominated by this sort of celebrity normalizing, this sort of celebrity rehab.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
There are so many of us that want to be Roy in the courtroom — commanding, persuasive, funny. ...
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for persuasive
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“Persuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persuasive. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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persuasive
adjective
per·sua·sive
pər-ˈswā-siv
-ziv
: tending to persuade
a persuasive argument
persuasively
adverb
persuasiveness
noun
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