English example sentences with "persuasive"

That would be twenty-seven words instead of four, and while the bare message of the longer statement would be understood, the persuasive force would be lost.
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Those four words carried not only a lot of complex information, but also the persuasive force of a proverb.
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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.
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Truthful speech is not elegant, and elegant speech is not truthful. Good words are not persuasive, and persuasive words are not good. The knowledgeable are not many, and the many are not knowledgeable.
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Tom knew that Mary could be very persuasive.
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Tom is persuasive.
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You're persuasive.
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I can be very persuasive.
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I know how persuasive Tom can be.
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You're very persuasive.
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She was very persuasive.
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He was very persuasive.
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Tom was very persuasive.
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Tom can be quite persuasive.
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Tom can be very persuasive.
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Tom is pretty persuasive.
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Tom can be persuasive when he wants to be.
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I think Tom is persuasive.
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Tom is listened to because of his persuasive power.
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I wasn't persuasive enough.
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You sure are persuasive.
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Tom is extremely persuasive.
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Tom was persuasive.
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Tom is really persuasive, isn't he?
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Tom is quite persuasive, isn't he?
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Tom is very persuasive, isn't he?
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Tom is persuasive, isn't he?
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"This came for you." "Urgh..." "So hey, you remember that one that she sent you where she asked you to get her those pictures of Applejack's brother?" "Yeah." "And then she told you to write a critique on Mac's physical appearance." "Yeah." "Then she sent the critique to Mac." "...Yeah." "What did you tell her you learned from that?" "I found that a Phillips screwdriver is persuasive, but not seductive; and also Rarity charges up the butt for stuff I really think she should do as a friend."
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It was persuasive.
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The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
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I would love to meet a philosopher like Nietzsche on a train or boat and to talk with him all night. Incidentally, I don't consider his philosophy long-lived. It is not so much persuasive as full of bravura.
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I can be persuasive when I want to be.
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I know that Tom is persuasive.
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Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

Sami was very persuasive.

Tom wasn't very persuasive.

Tom is very persuasive.

Mary can be persuasive when she wants to be.

Mary is really persuasive, isn't she?

Mary is quite persuasive, isn't she?

Mary is very persuasive, isn't she?

Mary is persuasive, isn't she?

Tom said that Mary was persuasive.

Tom and Mary can be persuasive when they want to be.

I think Tom and Mary are persuasive.

Tom doesn't seem to be as persuasive as Mary.

I didn't think Tom would be so persuasive.

Tom was very persuasive, wasn't he?

Sami was persuasive.

Tom isn't as persuasive as I am.

I think that Tom is persuasive.

I'm pretty persuasive.

Mary was very persuasive, wasn't she?

Mary is pretty persuasive, isn't she?

He was very persuasive, wasn't he?

She was very persuasive, wasn't she?

Tom and Mary were very persuasive, weren't they?

They were very persuasive, weren't they?

I know Tom is persuasive.

Tom is pretty persuasive, isn't he?

Mary was very persuasive.

He's persuasive.

He's persuasive, isn't he?

She's persuasive, isn't she?

He's very persuasive, isn't he?

She's very persuasive, isn't she?

He's quite persuasive, isn't he?

She's quite persuasive, isn't she?

He's really persuasive, isn't he?

She's really persuasive, isn't she?

He's pretty persuasive, isn't he?

She's pretty persuasive, isn't she?

That's not a very persuasive argument.

That isn't very persuasive.

There have been inroads against ever growing urban illumination. The International Dark Sky Association in Tucson, Arizona, a group that claims 3,600 members in more than 70 countries, says efforts to curb excess light are under way from the Australian Outback to Britain's Sherwood Forest. In the Czech Republic, an anti-air pollution law also fights light pollution by requiring shielded fixtures to block upward beams. Laws have also been enacted in Chile, thanks to persuasive astronomers who staff the three big observatories there.

It's a very persuasive argument.

The President was patient, persuasive, reasonable: the General was querulous, petty and sometimes actually insulting.

They helped her draft a persuasive letter.

Building up strawmen and going to town on them like a pinata might feel satisfying to you, but it's not very persuasive.

I'll need to be more persuasive.

I'll have to be more persuasive.

Am I being misled by his persuasive speech?