persuading

Persuading China to block the north is a lot easier than the U.S. launching a retaliatory cyberstrike against the Sony attackers.

Certainly the speech suggests that American hopes of persuading Turkey to come fully on board are misplaced.

When Obama won the election in 2008, one of his first orders of business was persuading Munoz to join his White House staff.

And the craziest part is: They may not even be about persuading voters any more.

A Russian envoy reportedly played a role persuading the rebels in Slovyansk to let them go.

There was a persuading note in her voice; one would have thought, indeed, that she was dealing with a patient, or a child.

He goes about his task of persuading and humanising as gaily as a man might set out to laugh at a comedy.

Four of the relatives of Asaad came down, and succeeded in persuading him to accompany them home.

She began persuading her husband to hasten their departure—and they had already made all the preparations for the journey.

"Unless we succeed in persuading the Lala to confess," said Balsamides.