sweet reason
Example Sentences
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“The appeal is to sweet reason, not to fear, outrage, anger or chauvinism,” Judith Stiehm wrote about the book in the journal Quarterly Report on Women and the Military.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
She also doesn’t have the conviction of her two Democratic predecessors that she can win over swing voters—or grandiose and ruthless heads of state or members of Congress—through mere charm or sweet reason or eloquence.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 1, 2016
No matter how bleak things look, if conditions in the room are right, sweet reason will flow so that some progress might be made.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2013
But people who think that's how you treat a dog are unlikely to respond to sweet reason.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2013
“Perhaps you can help me,” I said in a tone of sweet reason.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
