Persuasive

//pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv//

"Persuasive" in a Sentence (12 examples)

That would be twenty-seven words instead of four, and while the bare message of the longer statement would be understood, the persuasive force would be lost.

Those four words carried not only a lot of complex information, but also the persuasive force of a proverb.

The weak point of this book is that it's less than persuasive when the married author recommends not being married.

Truthful speech is not elegant, and elegant speech is not truthful. Good words are not persuasive, and persuasive words are not good. The knowledgeable are not many, and the many are not knowledgeable.

Tom knew that Mary could be very persuasive.

Tom is persuasive.

You're persuasive.

I can be very persuasive.

I know how persuasive Tom can be.

You're very persuasive.

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But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.

He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]

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