How to Use persuasive in a Sentence

persuasive

adjective

• We weren't shown any persuasive evidence that he had committed the crime.
• The stronger the context, the more persuasive the offer.
  — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• As before, the rest of the C40 continues to make a persuasive case to choose the XC40.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
• The threat of a prison sentence is much more persuasive than the threat of a large money penalty.
  — Peter Stone, The New Republic, 7 May 2021
• Ask yourself what is more persuasive: anger and gloom, or joy and warmth?
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021
• Of the concert’s three pieces, this got the closest to a persuasive performance.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
• Arguments abound both for and against hunting and the killing of wildlife, and there are persuasive points raised by both sides.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
• And hopefully my speech is persuasive enough to keep her in there.
  — John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
• So which cases are likely to prove the most persuasive?
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• Who would be trustworthy and persuasive enough to break the deadlock?
  — Ariel Procaccia, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
• Po came to Amsterdam to talk to me about this and asked me to do the film, and Po was a very persuasive character.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 June 2023
• More persuasive to the average person might be the price.
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• Many witnesses both for and against the merger put forth some version of this idea, but Karp’s was the most persuasive.
  — Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine , 8 Feb. 2023
• When to Walk Away, makes a persuasive case for how getting better at quitting can lead to more success in the long run.
  — Lindsay Kohler, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• For Kiffin, the temptation forever will be to bend to that persuasive old friend, the ego.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
• Every word that falls from your lips can be persuasive and thoughtful.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 July 2021
• Crying can seem more persuasive than words: The body trumps language.
  — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• When deployed with care, the formula can be a persuasive one.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022
• The idea that the election was stolen took root and remains persuasive to millions of Americans.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2021
• If the city’s argument is persuasive to the state housing agency, the matter could end there.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
• But even a persuasive performance by Chew may not be enough.
  — Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2023
• Refuse to get caught in someone’s drama or persuasive tactics to throw you off track.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
• All of them have a persuasive case to make for their candidacies.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2021
• Apart from that, much of their narrative was persuasive, though little of it felt good.
  — Choire Sicha, Vulture, 24 May 2024
• But the other actors bring persuasive conviction to their parts, with Suri a strong lead.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
• But here and now, the show makes a persuasive case that every morsel of food is nothing short of a minor miracle.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
• But despite persuasive work from the actors, the film loses rather than gains traction.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
• There are some persuasive arguments to expand it this year to two months.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2021
• Google was very persuasive in its viewpoint, the journalist said.
  — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
• Dawkins’ defense only proved so persuasive before a jury.
  — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024