How to Use persuasive in a Sentence

persuasive

adjective
  • We weren't shown any persuasive evidence that he had committed the crime.
  • This would all be creepy even if the results had been more persuasive.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • That’s what makes the post feel real and persuasive.
    — Wyles Daniel june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
  • So there are a lot of things about it that are not entirely persuasive.
    — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The drama is more persuasive at showing us how its two leads evolve.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And hopefully my speech is persuasive enough to keep her in there.
    — John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • And other courts tend to look at those rulings as very persuasive.
    — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2019
  • The most persuasive part of his vision is not the software.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And those are, to me, the real persuasive reasons to get off.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • Often, these vibes are more persuasive than the story told by the stats.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Every word that falls from your lips can be persuasive and thoughtful.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 July 2021
  • But the doctors have been very persuasive that the evidence is not here yet.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • And all the more persuasive when Jason Statham stars in them.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The threat of a prison sentence is much more persuasive than the threat of a large money penalty.
    — Peter Stone, The New Republic, 7 May 2021
  • This is a great persuasive argument, and Rome seems to buy it.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Refuse to get caught in someone’s drama or persuasive tactics to throw you off track.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • All of them have a persuasive case to make for their candidacies.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Apart from that, much of their narrative was persuasive, though little of it felt good.
    — Choire Sicha, Vulture, 24 May 2024
  • When deployed with care, the formula can be a persuasive one.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Who would be trustworthy and persuasive enough to break the deadlock?
    — Ariel Procaccia, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But Kilbride, who had kept in touch with Schramek over the years, was persuasive.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • And the medium can be pretty persuasive.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There, the arguments long made by civil rights groups proved persuasive.
    — Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Their actions are more persuasive.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
  • You’re known to be a very persistent and persuasive person.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
  • If the con is successful—if the power claim is persuasive—then a coup has occurred.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2020
  • But the biggest thing going for the president is, at the end of the day, is this persuasive?
    — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Habits are powerful, and fear is persuasive.
    — Steve Booren, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Arguments abound both for and against hunting and the killing of wildlife, and there are persuasive points raised by both sides.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Jim joined his cell after meeting a member of the team who seemed brave, eloquent and persuasive.
    — Joshua Berlinger and Eric Cheung, CNN, 26 Sep. 2019

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