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
You have been persuading her for a month, that you loved her before, and above, all earthly things.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
“Davie, do you know, I have been persuading your mother to let you go with me to the Red River,” said Philip.
From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
I have been persuading her to take the very best step open to her.
From An Unsocial Socialist by Bernard Shaw
I have been persuading him to desert for a long time, as I had need of him.
From The Day of Wrath by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
