is dissuading
- present progressive of dissuade (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Even so, Denver’s sluggish condo market is dissuading some owners from selling, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
The prospect of beginning adult life with a seven-figure mountain of debt is dissuading less-well-off British students from applying.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
About half of Italians are now fully vaccinated - but the summer holiday season is dissuading some to turn up for their appointments, says the BBC's Mark Lowen, in Rome.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2021
Many economists believe the steep prices are cutting into affordability, and the limited number of homes for sale is dissuading current owners from putting their homes on the market to trade up.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2018
He is dissuading his disciples and the people from carnal carefulness and worldly mindedness.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
