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Sentence count:203+16Posted:2017-02-23Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: dissuasionSimilar words: persuasivepersuasivelypersuadeevasionunder suspicioninvasionoccasionabrasionMeaning: [pər'sweɪʒn /pə's-]  n. 1. the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action 2. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. 
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91. The Republican leader used every means of persuasion to get senators to vote against the bill.
92. They needed little persuasion to hold a Soviet event and to contribute to the effort and cost of hosting it.
93. Her agreement was not only a reflection of Louise's powers of persuasion.
94. Penry did use persuasion on Leonora next time they met, but it had nothing to do with becoming her lover.
95. Some youngsters respond to persuasion and the idea that to do certain things is beneath their dignity.
96. This was Endill's first chance to return home and he didn't need much persuasion.
97. Q: Were you brought up in any particular religious or political persuasion?
98. Joan wept and at first refused to take the pills, but after much persuasion and then pleading, she agreed.
99. But it was not as straight forward as that, and we need to unravel the various strands of influence and persuasion.
100. Stealth and persuasion were obviously required to achieve this change by democratic means.
101. It was called oratory, and dealt with, among other things,[www.Sentencedict.com] logic and the art of persuasion....
102. My good friends of masher persuasion are in seventh heaven when they have the opportunity of admiring eight pretty faces.
103. Some gentle persuasion by his wife got John to change his mind.
104. This is a peculiarly nasty technique of persuasion, causing great psychological anguish throughout the middle ages and even today.
105. For a party, a layer cake can be iced and decorated to fit the occasion, or according to your political persuasion.
106. It is impossible, he suggests, to run such an organisation by command - only persuasion or consent will do.
107. A couple summers ago, there was a really good team consisting of players who were all of the Caucasian persuasion.
108. They had to learn to lead by persuasion and not by directive.
109. In the electronic republic, political manipulation is the other side of the coin of effective political persuasion.
110. But for now persuasion, carrots and free elections remain the best hope.
111. It had to proceed through persuasion and encouragement - a difficult process with public-sector bodies, but almost impossible with major companies.
112. For example, those who like expenditure on libraries and the arts can reside with others of the same persuasion.
113. For example, one of the techniques of persuasion available to late Anglo-Saxon kings was that of harrying. 1041 saw a pretty example.
114. The United States had towns and industries that were already flourishing; it also had immense powers of persuasion and assimilation.
115. The aim of arguments and discussions between supporters of rival paradigms should be persuasion rather than compulsion.
116. She used a mixture of persuasion and flattery to get what she wanted.
117. And that morning he had used every ounce of political persuasion and outright muscle to twist his colleagues into agreement.
118. It validated the experience, as the writing of any history brings a persuasion and form to events.
119. We are young and old, black and white, from every socioeconomic class and political persuasion.
120. In a town with a Conservative majority of just 2,661, the personal charm and persuasion of each candidate will be crucial.
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