persuades
- present tense form of persuade (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Persuades judge to strike down D.C.'s kid curfew.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, he is gentle, genial, good all; But there's a twinkle in his eye Persuades me that he would not die Did you consent to drop your "claim."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 22, 1891 by Various
The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails.
From Mystery and Confidence (vols. 3 of 3) A Tale by Pinchard, Elizabeth
We do not know How he may soften at the sight o' the child: The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails.
From The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare, William
The silence often of pure innocence, Persuades, when speaking fails.
From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by Richardson, John Purver
