- present participle of dissuade.
dissuading
Example Sentences
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Police stopped, questioned and frisked those suspected of carrying weapons or casing a business, dissuading the ill-intentioned from packing guns while reducing shootings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The ever-shifting landscape of golden visas isn’t dissuading people from securing one, however.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
After illegal border crossings reached historic highs in 2023, the administration utilized those discretionary programs in hopes of dissuading migrants from further overwhelming the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
I'm not the only skeptical of how the shallow manipulations of TikTok are dissuading people from having more meaningful, if more slow-moving, experiences in the real world.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025
Had I succeeded in dissuading Hamlet from revenge?
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
