convincingness

Example Sentences

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“He was competitive in there,” Haye said, with the convincingness of someone trying to sell a home with a hole in the roof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

It’s the artistry, the convincingness of the on-ice romance, that seems like it could be affected by an off-ice partnership.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2018

I was so swept up in the convincingness of my idea that I shelled out money from my own pocket for a researcher to do some digging overseas.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2014

He pulled down the corners of his mouth till his mustache-ends dropped a full inch, and lifted himself off his horse with a bored deliberation that was masterly in its convincingness.

From The Heritage of the Sioux by Bower, B. M.

Others gloat over their deeds, which they recount with gusto—and then express pious regret with no great convincingness.

From The Leader by Dongen, H. R. van