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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• When deployed with care, the formula can be a persuasive one.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022
• But even a persuasive performance by Chew may not be enough.
  — Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2023
• But the other actors bring persuasive conviction to their parts, with Suri a strong lead.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
• But despite persuasive work from the actors, the film loses rather than gains traction.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
• At the same time, her style and taste have been so persuasive to so many people in large part because of Ms. Stewart’s success in business.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• The Suns’ potential for scoring is so persuasive as to wave away worries about crunch-time defense for the moment.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• In 1997, Congress allowed the F.D.A. to approve drugs on the basis of a single trial, as long as the evidence was persuasive enough.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• The results bring a potentially persuasive new data set to the most robust rent control debate the city and state have had in years.
  — Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• The opera’s most persuasive sections probe the three characters’ inner lives rather than their actions.
  — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• Out of all these briefs, however, Reddit’s was perhaps the most persuasive.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2023
• Many commentators believe these will prove highly persuasive to a jury if the case winds up in front of one.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
• The chemistry between the main characters is very persuasive.
  — Rachel Seo, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
• The prospect of listening to people whistle for more than an hour was daunting, but Silton had a persuasive rationale for the project.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• As a matter of policy, the case against legacy admissions is well known and persuasive.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 26 July 2023
• In the three cases in which judges issued rulings, none found those arguments persuasive.
  — Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
• So far, the arguments of Kowalke’s attorneys have been persuasive.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2022
• No matter how persuasive the arguments are or how well known and trustworthy the scholars may be.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
• In a home setting, away from the immediate pressures and ingrained norms of the office, this bias loses much of its persuasive power.
  — Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 18 July 2023
• The write-in campaign’s arguments proved persuasive for many voters.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024