persuade
verb (used with object)
to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging.
has been persuading
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present perfect progressiveof persuade (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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His most impressive achievement, however, has been persuading people to pay more for his stock than his holdings of Bitcoin are worth.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
The biggest challenge has been persuading fishermen to stop catching one of their most valuable species.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
A core objective has been persuading Colombia’s armed groups to disarm in exchange for largely unspecified benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
She has been persuading other people in the region to talk openly about their jobs.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2022
Your father has been persuading me, Helen," said the earl, when she came in, "that I am not quite so useless in the world as I imagined.
From A Noble Life by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
