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 person on the other end sounds confident and persuasive.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Jessica Reif Ehrlich of BofA Securities continues to rate Netflix shares a buy, but said the quarter and execs’ comments on their quarterly earnings interview were not persuasive.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
Slightly less persuasive, however, is the script by Hunter Andrews and Eoin Doran, also taking their first feature credit.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Livesey’s arguments have been met with respectful—and, to this amateur reader, persuasive—rebuttals by several fellow-scholars, most formidably by Fredriksen and Walsh.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Jessica Reif Ehrlich of BofA Securities continues to rate Netflix shares a buy, but said the quarter and execs’ comments on their quarterly earnings interview were not persuasive.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
Slightly less persuasive, however, is the script by Hunter Andrews and Eoin Doran, also taking their first feature credit.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Livesey’s arguments have been met with respectful—and, to this amateur reader, persuasive—rebuttals by several fellow-scholars, most formidably by Fredriksen and Walsh.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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 23 Apr. 2026.
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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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