persuaded; persuading
1
: to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action
2
: to plead with : urge
persuader
noun
Examples of persuade in a Sentence
He persuaded his friend to go back to school.
She couldn't be persuaded to go.
He would not let himself be persuaded into buying the more expensive stereo.
I am not easily persuaded.
They persuaded us that we were wrong.
He persuaded himself that he had made the right choice.
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The steady drumbeat of imagery out of Minnesota is persuading the last few persuadable voters that this deportation campaign has gone too far.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
Getting insurers on board would be a key plank of a larger push to persuade consumers to try a whole new approach to contraception.
—Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Today, the urgent challenge before the royal family and many other institutions protected by mystique is whether the often degenerate select few in charge can still persuade the mass of people to remain beguiled and accept authority.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Uhlaender is now hoping US Vice President JD Vance, who is leading the nation’s delegation to Milan-Cortina, will take her case to the International Olympic Committee and persuade the organization of its merits.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
Getting insurers on board would be a key plank of a larger push to persuade consumers to try a whole new approach to contraception.
—Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Today, the urgent challenge before the royal family and many other institutions protected by mystique is whether the often degenerate select few in charge can still persuade the mass of people to remain beguiled and accept authority.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Uhlaender is now hoping US Vice President JD Vance, who is leading the nation’s delegation to Milan-Cortina, will take her case to the International Olympic Committee and persuade the organization of its merits.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for persuade
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“Persuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persuade. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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persuade
verb
per·suade
pər-ˈswād 
persuaded; persuading
: to win over to a belief or to a course of action by argument or earnest request
persuadable
adjective
-ˈswād-ə-bəl
persuader
noun
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