persuade
Example Sentences
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When Vernice tries to persuade Annie to aim higher, she is reproached by her friend: “Stop acting like me and you knit with the same needles.”
Visit by visit, letter by letter, Elisha persuaded and reassured Mother Fox.
From Literature
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I would need to see something that would persuades me that, yes, that's OK now, that will be OK.
From BBC
It is possible that Warsh could persuade his colleagues to move in this direction.
From Barron's
The voice was very persuasive and I was easy to persuade.
From Literature
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