persuade
verb (used with object)
to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging.
have been persuading
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present perfect progressiveof persuade.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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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
"And here they have just got a letter from him," he said presently; "and I have been persuading her to go to him by the isthmus!"
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
And yet I have been persuading myself that I was only cultivating the powers which God gave me.
From True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best by D. A. Helm
We thought at first we would not tell for a few days, but keep our secret; but I have been persuading Elise that there is no use in waiting for wedding finery.
From Molly Brown's Orchard Home by Nell Speed
“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 Laura Dent Crane
