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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Ingalls’ son played a key role in helping persuade the Canadian government to allow the Fitzgerald bell to be recovered, said Bruce Lynn, executive director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023.
—Dawn Giel,dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Andrew had what was viewed as a cast-iron lease, but was persuaded to abandon it.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The exploitation of tariffs does little to persuade potential international partners to endure economic hardship in opposition to China’s market maneuvers.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023.
—Dawn Giel,dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Andrew had what was viewed as a cast-iron lease, but was persuaded to abandon it.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The exploitation of tariffs does little to persuade potential international partners to endure economic hardship in opposition to China’s market maneuvers.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Persuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persuade. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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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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