- present participle of convince.
convincing
Example Sentences
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At the end of the season, O'Neill cast doubt on his ability to go back to the coalface one more time, but his words were never convincing.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“His impact was less ideological than attitudinal. He wasn’t convincing the voters to become more conservative, he was convincing them that it was OK for them to vent their anger in an unconventional way.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
An unglamorous choice to replace taskmaster Tom Thibodeau, the well-traveled Brown turned a good team into a great one by convincing them to collectively sacrifice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In these areas, the evidence was less convincing.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
She smiles, and I feel like she means it, but the expression is not convincing.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing convincing
Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 31-40
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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"The War of the Wall" by Toni Cade Bambara
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