persuasive
adjective
per·sua·sive
pər-ˈswā-siv 
-ziv
: tending to persuade
persuasively
adverb
persuasiveness
noun
Examples of persuasive in a Sentence
We weren't shown any persuasive evidence that he had committed the crime.
a persuasive argument for increasing funding of the city's library system
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And for a certain kind of voter, that performance is more persuasive than policy.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
If Arsenal had been more front-footed and persuasive in their pursuit, the outcome might have been different.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 6 June 2025
But as the nineteenth century plodded onward, abolitionists had developed increasingly persuasive arguments for emancipation, provoking slaveowners to answer with a vicious theory of Black inferiority to defend bondage.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Progressives had argued that the bill would be used to target minorities and members of the LGBTQ community, which isn’t particularly persuasive given the measure deals only with prostitution.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
If Arsenal had been more front-footed and persuasive in their pursuit, the outcome might have been different.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 6 June 2025
But as the nineteenth century plodded onward, abolitionists had developed increasingly persuasive arguments for emancipation, provoking slaveowners to answer with a vicious theory of Black inferiority to defend bondage.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Progressives had argued that the bill would be used to target minorities and members of the LGBTQ community, which isn’t particularly persuasive given the measure deals only with prostitution.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for persuasive
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“Persuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persuasive. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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persuasive
adjective
per·sua·sive
pər-ˈswā-siv
-ziv
: tending to persuade
a persuasive argument
persuasively
adverb
persuasiveness
noun
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