On the other hand, the devil, who also is a spirit, persuades the hearts of the worldlings.
Wieland, a very religious man, is deceived by an unscrupulous ventriloquist who persuadeshim that a voice from heaven bids him sacrifice the life of his wife and four children.
Yet notwithstanding the flagrancy of these, Leonora persuades me to think well of Olivia; indeed I am so happy here, that it would be a difficult matter at present to make me think ill of any body.
By his own prudence man persuadeshimself and confirms in himself that all good and truth are from him and in him; similarly all evil and falsity.
Gianni Lotteringhi hears a knocking at his door at night: he awakens his wife, who persuades him that 'tis the bogey, which they fall to exorcising with a prayer; whereupon the knocking ceases.
But he persuades her to come, and says: "I know not whether it is a fly or gnat or an ant that nips me in the wound.
Lament of Israel: Judith persuades the people not to capitulate to Holofernes and prays God to come to their rescue.
While desperately in need of money, Andrew falls in with Basmanov, a young Oprichnik, who persuades him to join the community, telling him that an Oprichnik can always fill his own pockets.
The arguments by which Lady Macbeth persuades her husband to commit the murder, afford a proof of Shakespeare's knowledge of human nature.
The duchess persuades you that the child is yours.
The king decides that each has as good a claim as the others, and persuades all to give up the idea of marrying the princess.
When Maria now floods the country and threatens the whole kingdom with destruction, King Fernando persuades Leonora to take his oldest son Pedro.
There the lover persuades her to strip herself, so that he may carry her clothes across the stream, which he proceeds to do, but never returns.
Death is finally outwitted by the hero, who persuades him to creep into a bottle to demonstrate that he had been able to enter a closed room through a keyhole.
In f the father persuades his son to enter a wrestling-match held by the king.
Persuades the King to go himself and arrest the Prince, 133.
Persuades the King to take the Government upon himself, ibid.
Snow-white and Rosy-red is a witch, and almost persuades him to burn her alive.
In Europe the fox bears away the palm for wit from all other animals, so he it is that persuades the bear in the Norse Tales to sit with his tail in a hole in the ice till it is fast frozen in, and snaps short off when he tries to tug it out.
Repentance carries with it a Divine rhetoric, and persuades Christ to forgive multitudes of sins committed against him.
Not so persuades his sullen frere, But pleas'd with darkest deeds; Tis his to sway the baron's heart, Reckless what mercy pleads.
Not so persuades his stern compeer, Best pleas'd with darkest deeds; Tis his to sway the baron's heart, Reckless what mercy pleads.
For whatsoever every man chiefly loves above all other things, that he persuades himself is best for him, and that is his highest good.
For every man considers that thing best which he chiefly loves above other things; and therefore he persuades himself that he is very happy if he can obtain what he then most desires.
Man when he has nothing to fear, presently becomes wicked; he who believes be has not occasion for his fellow, persuades himself he may follow the inclinations of his heart without caution or discretion.
Illustration: The witchpersuades the Queen to bathe.
If the Lord persuades you of the glory and power of Emmanuel, I feel persuaded that you cannot but choose Him.
Another thing that persuades me to write you, my dear boy, is, that I have felt in my own experience the want of having a friend to direct and counsel me.
He deafens, blinds, and bewilders his reader rather than he charms or persuades him.
We do not know How he may soften at the sight o' th' child: The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails.
Then crushing penury Persuades me I was better when a king; Then am I king'd again; and by and by Think that I am unking'd by Bolingbroke, And straight am nothing.
It may be so; but yet my inward soul Persuades me it is otherwise.
This actpersuades me That this remotion of the Duke and her Is practice only.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "persuades" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
