had dissuaded
- past perfect of dissuade.
Example Sentences
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One of the bill’s architects, Pavel Krasheninnikov, told the Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda that the requirement to publish income had dissuaded public figures and business executives from running for office.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2023
No entreaties from him or from her friends and family had dissuaded her from joining the trip, he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
"I left it at that, assuming that I had dissuaded him," Porteus adds.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 1, 2019
Almost half of respondents said fear of fraud had dissuaded them from pursuing business opportunities in at least one foreign country -- particularly China, Africa and Latin America.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2010
The interview, however, seems to have been friendly, and it inspired Addington with the complacent hope that he had dissuaded Pitt.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
