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    persuasive


    1. But uncle was very persuasive, so after nods from my aunt, we went and stood at the water's edge with the icy wetness licking my toes, and my arms clutching my body against the spray, and to hide my embarrassment


    2. The two writers asked him if he thought the syntax was just perfect? They asked for his opinions on all manner of things, and particularly whether he thought the blending of fact, interpretation and style created the most stunning and persuasive of arguments? Then they showed him the latest section of the report, which was hot off the printer, and Sir John could do nothing but open his eyes wider and wider


    3. In the two hours between finishing the evening’s murderous chores and Ken’s return from the pub, Helen Roach’s insidiously persuasive skills were brought to bear on her daughter, convincing Lucy that she had killed her step-brother, but that her mother loved her so much that so long as Lucy never uttered another word on the subject of Alan’s disappearance, then she would protect her forever and a day


    4. and style created the most stunning and persuasive of arguments?


    5. His nerves fraying, he cursed both himself – for being stupid enough to take this course – and Kev for not being more persuasive


    6. Rafe could be persuasive, his rise to power in Shattered Rock was proof of it, but would they listen to him, follow him, the very man who stranded them here to die?


    7. Song explained, “The Gammadil joined up with this phalanx after a very persuasive invitation from Captain Husim


    8. her running suit and whistle and had the correct voice now, that very persuasive voice that must


    9. He was very persuasive


    10. Certainly he intended to find out how Angela had been so persuasive

    11. Holland, settling down for a long and protracted call, was forced to use all his wiles and persuasive ways as he explained the reasons for his request


    12. In the absence of persuasive moral arguments does the end justify the means?


    13. It was a persuasive declaration, hard to ignore


    14. He was a persuasive talker, who gave strength to the fledging Sandinista party by using his talents to convince poor campesinos their only hope of survival was through organized action in support of their rights


    15. They were paid teachers who taught the art of rhetoric, or persuasive oratory


    16. Warren, who proved to be more the politician than the jurist, used his own persuasive powers and his new position of Chief Justice to achieve a unanimous decision by the Court, and wrote the opinion himself


    17. There is just too much violence in the universe,” Jaden says in a persuasive voice


    18. A hint of belligerence came into his so far affable, persuasive tone


    19. It was hard agreeing to that but Jesse can be very persuasive, though I only agreed to have one I refused any more


    20. your persuasive and negotiation skills to maximize the chance of

    21. The reasoning, the logic was persuasive, but that wasn’t what convinced her


    22.  Include a Persuasive Call to Action


    23. persuasive answer ready, as if he’d been calmly thinking it


    24. Frank continued his persuasive speech


    25. we don’t have a Senate or House majority yet, but our members are most persuasive


    26. I had tried to charm her as long as I could remember, turned on all my persuasive powers but to no avail - except once when she invited me to her house


    27. This book has provided persuasive evidence that we do have bodies that


    28. ‘Your gadgets and demonstrations are persuasive


    29. Firstly, you need to ensure that your persuasive reason to opt-in is targeted at


    30. 8 The apostolic steward was not a good public speaker, but he was a very persuasive and successful personal worker

    31. 3 Jesus was convinced that it was the will of the Father that he submit himself to the natural and ordinary course of human events just as every other mortal creature must, and therefore he refused to employ even his purely human powers of persuasive eloquence to influence the outcome of the machinations of his socially nearsighted and spiritually blinded fellow mortals


    32. His persuasive eloquence had not caused a ripple in the Pictish conscience


    33. a sharp headline with a persuasive subtitle that triggers you to read further


    34. Steve would have preferred that he and Pete go out on the boat on their own but Sheila had been most persuasive in saying that they would make good witnesses if things were to go wrong


    35. Julius Pallas can be very persuasive


    36. persuasive and enticing to her, he started tapping his fingers on the


    37. Persuasive Speaking Without Being a Bully


    38. With the right kind of persuasive methods, the knowledge of those engineers could be extracted and the technology recreated


    39. leaders and thus marketing is more by referral than persuasive marketing


    40. don’t think the wizard was convinced of his loyalty even then, but Leofric can be very persuasive

    41. persuasive and provides an appropriate level and type of information


    42. Many Christians have been seduced into crossing over into some of these carnal and fleshly realms as a result of the seductive and persuasive influence of some of their co-workers or schoolmates


    43. moved by the imprecations of the persuasive royal son


    44. They were very persuasive, their reasoning was faultless


    45. Would someone who is good at preparation be analytical of information, ask probing questions and seek solutions to problems? Would someone good at argument be persuasive, challenge others’ ideas and explain things well? All of these things are potentially measurable in self-report questionnaires available to qualified people to administer


    46. She was a remarkably persuasive


    47. But wanting to be ever the optimist, he was still hopeful, knowing just how persuasive his mother could be when she wanted


    48. If he wanted her to invest he was going to have to be real persuasive


    49. Amylia could be very persuasive when she wants


    50. In keeping with the theme, revisit the structure of writing that persuasive essay:











































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    Synonyms for "persuasive"

    persuasive cogent efficacious potent influential convincing

    "persuasive" definitions

    intended or having the power to induce action or belief