How to Use persuade in a Sentence

persuade

verb

• He persuaded his friend to go back to school.
• He persuaded himself that he had made the right choice.
• She couldn't be persuaded to go.
• They persuaded us that we were wrong.
• He would not let himself be persuaded into buying the more expensive stereo.
• I am not easily persuaded.
• Then there’s the need to persuade consumers to eat the stuff.
  — Time, 12 Jan. 2023
• Meet the jam band that just might persuade you to love a jam band.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
• The changes were enough to persuade Wilken to move forward to the next phase of the approval process.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2024
• Here are some of the pro-life activists trying to persuade the state to say no.
  — Charles Hilu, National Review, 7 Nov. 2022
• The killing of her second son has persuaded Roberts to move.
  — Barry Paddock, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
• His attorney at the time was trying to persuade him to go to drug court to get the charges dropped.
  — Samuel Ford Stark, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
• It is believed that his goal was to persuade Britain to make peace with Germany.
  — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• The campaign right now has the money to organize and run TV ads to try to persuade them.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 7 Apr. 2024
• Could the suit persuade other reporters not to dig too deep?
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
• The pair had much to gain from persuading Americans to eat their fruit.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
• Say no to those trying to persuade you to be a follower.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
• Last week, the bank tried to persuade some of its big bank backers to buy $100 billion in assets, to no avail.
  — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
• That includes the $7,500 tax credit for EVs, which has helped persuade consumers to make the switch to electric.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 25 July 2024
• But her sister took down Lee’s number and persuaded her to give him a chance.
  — Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
• The father persuaded the 25-year-old son to start his own moving business in Japan.
  — Shu-Ching Jean Chen, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• If the seller tries to persuade you to send money directly, that’s a red flag.
  — Jon Healey, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2022
• Whether this is enough to persuade the courts to set aside Russell’s conviction remains to be seen.
  — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2024
• This study persuaded the FDA to approve the drug for food allergies.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2024
• Precisely what persuaded him to stay in Paris in 2022 is not clear.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Will that be enough to persuade these justices to strike down Tennessee’s law?
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Nov. 2024
• Sensing that the Duke has grown lonely in her absence, the Duchess persuades the Empress to visit his soul in his body.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• But maybe Jennifer Lawrence’s latest outfit will persuade you to pick a side.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2023
• Both feelings are true, said Schooler, who urged the group to strive to understand rather than persuade.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024
• City Clerk Jennifer Stallings, one of the members of the electoral board, was persuaded by Torres’ argument.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024