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persuasive English

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persuasive

If something is persuasive, it is easy to believe. That ad is persuasive. If someone is persuasive, they can easily make other people think or do things.

persuasive

intended or having the power to induce action or belief persuasive eloquence a most persuasive speaker a persuasive argument

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The weak point of this book is that it's less than persuasive when the married author recommends not being married.
Tom is persuasive.
She was very persuasive.
He was very persuasive.
Tom was very persuasive.
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie-deliberate, contrived and dishonest-but the myth-persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
I know that Tom is persuasive.
I know how persuasive Tom can be.
You're very persuasive.
It was persuasive.

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If I didn't give them to you in a concentration camp where you had more persuasive methods at your disposal I certainly won't give them to you now.
These are more of the persuasive Mr. Bannister's trial tactics.
A carbine against his spine might be more persuasive.
A rope's pretty persuasive.
I must say you're persuasive, and your figures seem to make sense.
You're persuasive.
You're a very persuasive man, Mr. McKay.
We try to approach even our most dangerous cases. with gentle and persuasive reasoning.
Such a strong, such a persuasive doctor.
And you're a very persuasive man according to your reputation.
Your ever so persuasive breath.
Their uncle is most persuasive.
You're a very persuasive saleswoman.
You may change your mind when you find how persuasive the devil can be.
Persuasive little minx, isn't she?
He reminded Mr. Bannister that Mr. Bannister had to go to the seaman's hiring hall and use his persuasive powers to convince the defendant to take the job.
I must say you're persuasive and your figures seem to make sense.
Well, you're a most persuasive young woman.
Such a strong such a persuasive doctor.
AFTER ALL, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE. THEIR UNCLE IS MOST PERSUASIVE.
You're a very persuasive young woman.
Your most persuasive should be persuasive enough.
I didn't know Elizabeth was that persuasive.
There's something very persuasive about 5000 pounds.
Your ideal comes before everything, but.he was so persuasive.
Your insistence does not impress me, but your money is most persuasive.
This is a most persuasive little instrument, and if you don't want me to use it, you'd better hurry.
Not for the love of honesty but as a way to be persuasive.
Sir Charles is a very persuasive and attractive man.
I'm very persuasive.

News and current affairs

Psychological research has shown that any one of these three can be persuasive, depending on the speaker's attractiveness or the audience's predisposition.
But was his justification persuasive?
But, in reading these works, I do not find a clear or persuasive statement of any economic doctrine, except for basic notions of fairness and Christian charity.
As a result, he was ready to adopt unconventional measures when the crisis erupted, and was persuasive in influencing his colleagues.
We need to reach out to the rest of the world in a more open and persuasive way.
One can criticize details of Brock's case: a deeper understanding of Keynes would have given him a more persuasive response to the objection that, if state-financed projects were worth doing, the private sector would be doing them.
In early 2001, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a powerful and persuasive appeal to establish the Global Fund.
At the same time, Silva will not be able to win the run-off without an enthusiastic and persuasive endorsement from Neves and the PSDB.
We talk about leaders being more energetic, more risk-taking, more optimistic, more persuasive, and more empathetic than other people.
A persuasive experiment recently demonstrated the interaction between nature and nurture.
In order to preserve national unity, Abbas will obviously need to use all his persuasive skills to convince radical groups (some in his own Fatah movement) to respect that approach.
No matter how persuasive Abbas is in convincing radical groups to put down their arms, a unilateral ceasefire will not last long if it is not mutual.
One factor that contributed to institutional stasis was the absence of a persuasive alternative.
Any persuasive explanation of these three developments must de-emphasize a pure aggregate-demand framework and focus on the rise of emerging markets, especially China.
So we shouldn't be too quick to dismiss the suggestion that science might help - in the first instance, by helping us design more effective institutions, more inspiring moral education, or more persuasive ethical arguments.
A more narrow, unimodal manifestation of toxicity would be more persuasive in establishing causation.
Third, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras must use his persuasive powers to convince the public, in the style of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, that the only thing they have to fear is fear itself.
Politicians, however, prefer to couch the objective in more uplifting and persuasive terms than that of crassly increasing consumption.
If it is to improve its persuasive capabilities, it must learn to become more like grassroots activists, with punchy prose, clear policy recommendations, and TV-ready talking points.
Persuasive explanations of the crisis point to linkages between today's tepid demand and rising income inequality.
None of these objections is persuasive.
But there is no persuasive evidence of either.

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