How to Use persuasive in a Sentence
persuasive
adjective- We weren't shown any persuasive evidence that he had committed the crime.
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The stronger the context, the more persuasive the offer.
— David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023 -
As before, the rest of the C40 continues to make a persuasive case to choose the XC40.
— Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023 -
The Mets were persuasive, and Scott took the job two days before Christmas.
— BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2021 -
The threat of a prison sentence is much more persuasive than the threat of a large money penalty.
— Peter Stone, The New Republic, 7 May 2021 -
Ask yourself what is more persuasive: anger and gloom, or joy and warmth?
— Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021 -
Of the concert’s three pieces, this got the closest to a persuasive performance.
— Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 3 May 2023 -
Arguments abound both for and against hunting and the killing of wildlife, and there are persuasive points raised by both sides.
— David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023 -
And hopefully my speech is persuasive enough to keep her in there.
— John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022 -
This is a great persuasive argument, and Rome seems to buy it.
— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024 -
So there are a lot of things about it that are not entirely persuasive.
— Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2021 -
So which cases are likely to prove the most persuasive?
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021 -
Who would be trustworthy and persuasive enough to break the deadlock?
— Ariel Procaccia, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022 -
Po came to Amsterdam to talk to me about this and asked me to do the film, and Po was a very persuasive character.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 19 June 2023 -
More persuasive to the average person might be the price.
— New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022 -
Many witnesses both for and against the merger put forth some version of this idea, but Karp’s was the most persuasive.
— Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine , 8 Feb. 2023 -
When to Walk Away, makes a persuasive case for how getting better at quitting can lead to more success in the long run.
— Lindsay Kohler, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022 -
For Kiffin, the temptation forever will be to bend to that persuasive old friend, the ego.
— J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023 -
Every word that falls from your lips can be persuasive and thoughtful.
— Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 July 2021 -
Crying can seem more persuasive than words: The body trumps language.
— New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022 -
When deployed with care, the formula can be a persuasive one.
— Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022 -
The idea that the election was stolen took root and remains persuasive to millions of Americans.
— Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2021 -
If the city’s argument is persuasive to the state housing agency, the matter could end there.
— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021 -
But even a persuasive performance by Chew may not be enough.
— Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Refuse to get caught in someone’s drama or persuasive tactics to throw you off track.
— Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024 -
All of them have a persuasive case to make for their candidacies.
— Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2021 -
Apart from that, much of their narrative was persuasive, though little of it felt good.
— Choire Sicha, Vulture, 24 May 2024 -
But the other actors bring persuasive conviction to their parts, with Suri a strong lead.
— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023 -
But here and now, the show makes a persuasive case that every morsel of food is nothing short of a minor miracle.
— Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024 -
The broadcaster said his daughters' persuasive skills can sometimes leave him feeling powerless, but his pride makes up for it.
— Haley Van Horn, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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