convince
verb (used with object)
to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action.
have been convincing
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present perfect progressiveof convince.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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Others have been convincing MPs on a planned trip to Ukraine to change their flights in order to be present.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
But the reports have been convincing, says Luís Carlos, a nanoscientist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, who studies intracellular thermometry but was not involved in the new study.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 15, 2021
Georgetown has lost three of its past five, but its wins during that span have been convincing.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2015
After tough training camps in Arizona with her new coach Dan Pfaff, supplemented by work at her Cardiff base with Scott Simpson, the results have been convincing.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2013
It might have been convincing to any other man, but he felt the stern, reproving gaze of Father Montigny still fixed upon him.
From The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
