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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The then-controversial Human Genome Project needed a charismatic, persuasive director, and Watson got tapped for the job.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
On balance, Tarnofsky found MSG’s arguments more persuasive.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
As Kikuo’s mentor and Shunsuke’s father, Watanabe brings gravitas to a character no less flawed, and just as persuasive.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
On balance, Tarnofsky found MSG’s arguments more persuasive.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
As Kikuo’s mentor and Shunsuke’s father, Watanabe brings gravitas to a character no less flawed, and just as persuasive.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 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 12 Nov. 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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