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Example sentences for "persuasively"

Lexicographically close words:
persuadeth; persuading; persuasion; persuasions; persuasive; persuasiveness; persuasives; persulphate; persume; perswade
  1. You must, at least in religious matters, depend upon the uprushes from your subconscious self or upon whatever else is persuasively inarticulate.

  2. She drew Mrs. Westmore persuasively to her feet, but the widow refused to relinquish her hold on her grievance.

  3. We make work voluntary by bringing into it persuasively and insidiously deep motives and interests which represent social purposes and ideals.

  4. Etiquette acts persuasively upon the will, it helps to make military life desired, and to make men submissive under control of absolute leaders.

  5. The place of art and to some extent of play as the methods and the spirit of the school is to convey persuasively to the child this larger and better life in which we expect him to take part.

  6. But his opponent thought that he had settled with me to do this, which I denied most solemnly; I also spoke persuasively to the others from the Ploenish court.

  7. His Reverence held out the uncorked bottle by the neck, persuasively tilted.

  8. Oh, but forgive me, Sergey Potapitch," said Machigin persuasively and reasonably.

  9. He stretched out his hands persuasively to the impassive Englishman, who still seemed to be looking through him rather than at him.

  10. She wound her arms persuasively about his neck.

  11. Jane persuasively to the man with the megaphone at the entrance to the enclosure.

  12. Praising openly its virtues, confessing frankly her own weakness and preaching persuasively her own faith, she had distributed the nostrum, and in about a quarter of an hour had established a justifiable confidence.

  13. This had its effect; she took a rapid decision and turned persuasively to Crimble--for whom, in like manner, there must have been something in her face.

  14. He is speaking more widely and persuasively in death than in life.

  15. Albert would say persuasively to Liberal acquaintances: "Now just think a moment!

  16. This admirable plea, so earnestly and persuasively uttered, somewhat touched Gladys, though her face still wore a perplexed and even troubled look.

  17. She holds up her arms persuasively to every person who passes.

  18. Can't you write her up so persuasively that some loving family will be willing to take her even if she isn't beautiful?

  19. She seated herself, with the air of an empress, on a shabby little sofa in the corner of the room, and beckoning me to take my place by her side, laid her cool firm hand persuasively on mine.

  20. The fiery grip of the brandy relaxed; the genial warmth of it was wafted through him persuasively from head to foot.

  21. I put it there so that you'd see it," George persuasively excused himself for the untidiness.

  22. Edwin, persuasively also, but nervously, as though the spirit of adventure in the search for truth was pushing him to fatal dangers.

  23. A saint with that persuasively human quality would be a wonderfully compelling power for good.

  24. Peter, who was pleased for the moment to be condescendingly kind to the visitor, came and rubbed persuasively against his legs, waving a great white plume of tail.

  25. He had begun speaking with a forced calmness that gave a monotony to his voice, but the sincerity of his plea had brought a fire into it that mingled persuasively with the soothing softness of the voice itself.

  26. The little Welshman drew forth from his inexhaustible arsenal the weapon he seldom unsheathes in vain--his persuasively silver tongue.

  27. I once heard von Tirpitz persuasively and naively describe the functions of the Nachrichten-Abteilung during a periodical plea to the Reichstag for more dreadnoughts.


  28. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "persuasively" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.