convince
verb (used with object)
to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action.
had convinced
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past perfectof convince.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But anxieties about growing diversity and rising indifference had convinced many Americans of the need to enshrine Christianity in the Constitution.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Chad Hileman had convinced his colleagues at Gibson Capital to pull the plug on one of their most successful recent investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Eighteen days earlier, Pender had convinced Arthur and Islas to go beyond the $300,000 limit they set to buy a 2-year-old son of Maximus Mischief for $385,000 at a sale in Ocala, Fla.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
Following a round of particularly intense Russian barrages two years earlier, Biletsky had convinced his neighbours to chip in together to install solar panels and batteries on the roof of their high-rise apartment block.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
It had been a few hours since Koffi had convinced Adiah to join them, and now they were less than a day away from the borderlands where they’d started.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
