Persuade in a sentence

One of Fane's colleagues in Arx will try to persuade him to become Divine so he can restore his species, but you need to persuade him otherwise at the Crypt of Lucian.

And my then stepfather, I think, got Loy to persuade one of these modelling agents to bring me over.

And with two years still left on his contract, it would take a sizeable fee to persuade City to let him go to a club that they will likely see as a rival in next season's Champions League.

A source close to the Duchess said she had "hugely enjoyed" co-hosting Loose Women to promote a campaign to persuade women not to skip breast cancer screenings but refused to comment on other projects.

A source close to the situation said: “The manager tried to persuade Robby to stay and push for the jersey and although disappointed with the outcome Michael understands and accepts Robby’s reasons.

At a pretrial hearing, MGN lawyers sought to persuade the judge that Ricky Tomlinson, part of the wider group of claimants, would be a more suitable representative at the trial.

At this stage, human input is still necessary to engage, inform and persuade different types of audiences.

But if you’re fat, men won’t even see that you’re pretty, they’ll just think: ‘Oh no, I have to sit next to the plump one’ — and then it’s double the work to persuade them that you are clever and funny.

But it seems that Trump's lawyer Tacopina is making the fatal mistake of arguing his case in a manner that makes his client happy, rather than trying to persuade a jury," Florida attorney Ron Filipkowski.

But the organisation still retains the influence to persuade others to take its claims at face value, and many others, including news organisations, have picked up where HRW left off.

Carter wants to indicate his potential to catch passes out of the backfield and persuade Hackett that he ought to be the highest again whereas Hall is out.

Ciaravino was also supported by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, the union that represents most rank-and-file Chicago police officers, and he leaned heavily on his experience as an officer to try and persuade voters to put their safety in his hands.

Daniel was trying to persuade him to tackle what is likely the state’s most photographed architectural wonder: Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World.

Diplomats have pressed officials in some of those countries to avoid working with Wagner or to help persuade other neighboring nations to cease interacting with the group.

Doyle has already admitted he would “love” to return to United if the opportunity arises although, like McAtee, his first preference is to try and persuade City he is worthy of a place in their plans moving forward.

Even if it doesn’t persuade a lot of people, that still is part of the president’s role, to defend the constitutional order,” Schickler said.

Even the Pittsburgh Steelers’ T.J. Watt seemingly traded potentially a larger total value of his contract in order to persuade the front office to break historical precedent and fully guarantee the first three years of his deal.

For Dudman, the scene was pivotal in the team realizing that the creatures had to be terrifying but with enough of a soul there to persuade the young girl not to be afraid.

For the first time since taking office, Polis failed to persuade lawmakers to pass a priority — housing, which he had mentioned 37 times during his State of the State address in January.

For years, advocates for immigrants have tried to persuade lawmakers in Wisconsin to allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses.