persuasive
adjective
per·sua·sive
pər-ˈswā-siv 
-ziv
: tending to persuade
persuasively
adverb
persuasiveness
noun
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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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People have been tippling there for more than four hundred years, and the wine list has the heft—and the persuasive majesty—of a Gutenberg Bible.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Keep the tone conversational but persuasive, copying my writing style from this example: [paste email copy].
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
There’s no objective rubric for beautiful poetry, persuasive rhetoric, or emotional empathy with which to train the model.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Delaney points to two Michigan attorney general positions, which are not binding on state courts but are considered persuasive.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2024
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Keep the tone conversational but persuasive, copying my writing style from this example: [paste email copy].
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
There’s no objective rubric for beautiful poetry, persuasive rhetoric, or emotional empathy with which to train the model.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Delaney points to two Michigan attorney general positions, which are not binding on state courts but are considered persuasive.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Persuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persuasive. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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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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