“Efforts to persuade teenagers to stay in school have proven to be successful.”

“He kept telling her she was beautiful while trying to persuade her to have coffee with him.”

“Nothing new there, you might reply, you cheeky young scamps, and I'm hardly in much of a position to persuade you otherwise.”

“An implicit appeal to eugenics persuades the reader that the innate badness of the suicidal killer can be known just by looking.”

“What persuades me that an independent obligation was intended here is the reference in the sale contract, scilicet in its printed form.”

“The painting's almost panoramic format effectively persuades the viewer to imagine walking through this polychromatic landscape.”

“The accountants decided the accounts were inefficient, and persuaded the politicians to close them.”

“She was soon persuaded to have more carpets than she wanted and they brought in some rolls before quoting a price for the work.”

“Joe readily admits that he was persuaded to play the leading character over a few drinks.”