How to Use power(s) of persuasion in a Sentence
power(s) of persuasion
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Use your power of persuasion to get others on board with your plans.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
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Trump instead seems to have put all his faith in his own powers of persuasion.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
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Or maybe Annabella is just a metaphor for the power of persuasion.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
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Use your power of persuasion to convince those close to you to join in and be supportive.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
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Both the president and speaker will test their powers of persuasion to line up the votes for the deal.
—Chad Pergram, Fox News, 30 May 2023
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But these were among his strong suits—especially the power of persuasion.
—Adam Popescu, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2022
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Jennifer thinks that even simply the power of persuasion of an exorcism might help snap him out of it.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 June 2024
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Use your power of persuasion and physical skills to get things done on time and within budget.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
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Venus enters your sign that same day, enhancing your magnetism, charms and powers of persuasion.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
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Embrace the future with optimism, and use your power of persuasion to see matters through to the end.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
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As coercive tools have become less effective, the soft power of persuasion has grown.
—Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2018
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With Madigan stripped of his powerful perch, his powers of persuasion were absent.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
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So the mayor’s ability to right the city’s finances will depend largely on her power of persuasion.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2025
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Tremblay’s material, as well as in his own formal powers of persuasion.
—Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
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The mermaid-like Sirens in Wednesday, such as Bianca, have the power of persuasion.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
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This sparkly transit heightens your charm, seduction and powers of persuasion.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
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Use your powers of persuasion as Mercury retrograde aligns with Pluto.
—USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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So whoever replaces Powell may need to rely on their powers of persuasion on a Fed with more conflicting views.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Or was he swayed by Biden’s power of persuasion — a profitable trait now for an incoming president who may face an intractable Senate?
—Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
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The power of persuasion Taken together, these results show little movement among young Democrats.
—Chandler James, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2024
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Financially, this is also a great time to use your magnetism and powers of persuasion to negotiate deals or make strategic decisions.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Great CEOs rely more on their power of persuasion and ability to bring everybody to collective agreement.
—Michael Hoffman, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
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Students who rise to the highest level—given the title of Poets—join a secretive, dangerous society that can shape the world through their powers of persuasion.
—Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Mercury will join the sun in Libra shortly after, caramelizing your communication style while heightening your powers of persuasion.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
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The beginning scene swiftly transitions to a courtroom, where Gary sways the jurors with this same power of persuasion that’s reminiscent of the call and response of the baptist church.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
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Ralph Rennie’s considerable powers of persuasion were often, as here, surpassed by terrible judgment.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
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Celestial socialites Mercury and Venus are also in Sagittarius now, giving you potent powers of persuasion.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
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With social Mercury and flirtatious Venus also in Sagittarius your powers of persuasion will be especially high.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
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The scenarios that Araujo’s team are devising are complex, filled with high-stakes challenges, tests of bravery and morale, and situations that call for using powers of persuasion and deduction.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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All Aboard Ohio, a private, nonprofit organization, doesn’t have any authority to move the station, other than its power of persuasion.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2021
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