as in persuades
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
we convinced him to keep silent about our activities until we could spring the surprise
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Recent Examples of convinces
In Season 2, Owen gets pulled into the South Korean spy trade after an agent in the country convinces him to help with a personal mission that his bosses cannot find out about.
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refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2025
He is then approached by a social-climbing waiter named Stuart Morris (Jason Bateman), who convinces Jonathan that his aunt Maureen Collier (Marion Ross) is his sister.
—Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
He is then approached by a social-climbing waiter named Stuart Morris (Jason Bateman), who convinces Jonathan that his aunt, Maureen Collier (Marion Ross), is his sister.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
The orphan is then discovered by another young lion, Taka, who convinces his mother to take him into their pride.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Is this the moment that finally convinces us to invest in designer Crocs?
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 15 Dec. 2024
This encourages them to call to a help desk, which then convinces them to pay up.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 27 Nov. 2024
In it, Kris convinces a shopper to take advantage of the store’s deals on turkey.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Dundus first starts to capture the audience's attention when Washington's conniving Macrinus, an arms dealer who owns a number of gladiators, convinces Caracalla to murder his co-leader and brother Geta (Joseph Quinn).
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2025
He is then approached by a social-climbing waiter named Stuart Morris (Jason Bateman), who convinces Jonathan that his aunt Maureen Collier (Marion Ross) is his sister.
—Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
He is then approached by a social-climbing waiter named Stuart Morris (Jason Bateman), who convinces Jonathan that his aunt, Maureen Collier (Marion Ross), is his sister.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
The orphan is then discovered by another young lion, Taka, who convinces his mother to take him into their pride.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Is this the moment that finally convinces us to invest in designer Crocs?
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 15 Dec. 2024
This encourages them to call to a help desk, which then convinces them to pay up.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 27 Nov. 2024
In it, Kris convinces a shopper to take advantage of the store’s deals on turkey.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Dundus first starts to capture the audience's attention when Washington's conniving Macrinus, an arms dealer who owns a number of gladiators, convinces Caracalla to murder his co-leader and brother Geta (Joseph Quinn).
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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