reason with

phrasal verb

reasoned with; reasoning with; reasons with
: to talk with (someone) in a sensible way in order to try to change that person's thoughts or behavior
They tried to reason with him, but he wouldn't listen.

Examples of reason with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Taipei, some residents see little point in trying to reason with Beijing. Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024 In Honor of the Service Dog Who Saved His Life, This Veteran Funds Care to Keep Others' Service Dogs Healthy After the festivities and visit, the family returned to the U.S., where Zafar tried to reason with her mom. Susan Young, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023 For historic reasons with roots in Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era, heirs’ property in urban areas is disproportionately found in neighborhoods with high concentrations of Black residents. Amelia Winger, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024 Feed-forward networks reason with vector math Recent research from Brown University revealed an elegant example of how feed-forward layers help to predict the next word. Timothy B. Lee and Sean Trott, Ars Technica, 31 July 2023 Her mother’s boyfriend, Gadi Moses, had left to go reason with the militants and had yet to return, her mother explained. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023 Along with the joyous aspects of parenting, are some not so fun parts, like trying to reason with a hangry, overtired toddler who is having an embarrassing public meltdown, or trying to reason with a hangry, overtired teenager who is having an embarrassing public meltdown. Christina Crawford, Parents, 7 Dec. 2023 The series was shoehorned into cricket's crammed calendar purely for financial reasons with contests featuring powerhouses India, Australia and England money-spinners even with such low stakes. Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 All the previous moves were made with the thought that Hamas is not only a terrorist organization but also a government that can be reasoned with. Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023

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“Reason with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reason%20with. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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