overpersuading

present participle of overpersuade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpersuading
Verb
  • Despite a recent plan to overhaul California’s strict insurance regulations in hopes of persuading carriers to expand coverage in fire-risk areas, many homeowners have yet to see any immediate changes.
    Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • This misrepresentation appears to have been a central element in persuading Craig Lampley to agree to transfer ownership.
    Daniel Bice, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The more information out there about you, the more personalized and convincing scam calls become.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Voodoo was also meant to get Prince’s attention, with the hope of convincing the Purple One to collaborate with D and Quest on an album — essentially, to serve as an audition for Prince — but that’s another story.
    Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At a reunion special, Conner read a heartfelt letter acknowledging his past and emphasizing the possibility of healing, bringing both himself and Whitney to tears.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • SpaceX’s Starship, the biggest and most powerful spacecraft ever launched, successfully completed its 11th test flight, bringing the company closer to sending humans to other worlds.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Maurice is convinced that Tall Pines is brainwashing teens and then sending them to who-knows-where to work as spies.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There are passable jump scares, plus some quease-inducing locations, effectively exploited by production designer Christopher Hare and cinematographer Andrew Scott Baird.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • BluSail Golitz Studios in Morehead City is a creativity-inducing place to play with clay.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The book is on track to be one of the best-selling memoirs of this year.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The film is adapted from the popular YA novel of the same name by New York Times best-selling author Courtney Summers.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Stay tuned for more from today’s programming, like Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the CEOs of Best Buy, Land O’Lakes, and Ulta Beauty, how the courts are influencing American business, and much, much more.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Jon Devine, senior economist at Cotton Incorporated, keeps key stakeholders in the textile and investment communities informed via timely market analyses of commodity economics and factors influencing their stability.
    SJ Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Antoine Semenyo’s finish did come as part of a counter-attacking sequence, but the 25-year-old was able to get across Robertson too easily before converting first time from a David Brooks cross from the left flank.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The 49ers trailed 7-3 at the time, with the Bucs converting an early Mac Jones interception into a short-field score by White on a 2-yard run.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Overpersuading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpersuading. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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