have been persuading
- present perfect progressive of persuade.
Example Sentences
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But the real coup may have been persuading her to sing one of his songs, the strummy “Two Ghosts,” before they performed “Landslide.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2017
I replied, "That is what I have been persuading Jenny to ask of you, but she is resolved never to contradict your inclination, and refused me."
From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Steele, Richard, Sir
You have been persuading her for a month, that you loved her before, and above, all earthly things.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
I have been persuading him to desert for a long time, as I had need of him.
From The Day of Wrath by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
“I suppose father and Dorothy have been persuading you to take part in the nonsensical side of our entertainment next week,” inquired Gwendolin.
From The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail by Crane, Laura Dent
