| He was familiar with her obstinate behaviour, and knew that any attempt to dissuade her from doing what she wanted would only invoke her anger. |
| When she had made up her mind on something it was quite hard to dissuade her from the course she had chosen. |
| Not that such disincentives dissuade the smart set from guzzling foreign brands. |
| I had, of course, tried to dissuade him, if only for his own safety, but he would have none of it. |
| Those who knew us knew, as I refused to yield my gunman position in the drive-by, that they couldn't dissuade me. |
| The biggest mystery is how these disturbing metrics failed to dissuade big investors and lenders from taking a flier on the industry. |
