dissuade
verb (used with object)
to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed byfrom ).
was dissuading
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past progressiveof dissuade.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At the same time, he said the lack of infrastructure, services and jobs was dissuading many Syrians who want to return home from doing so.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
I think a lot of people took away the idea that she was dissuading you from investigating.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2018
When Paul began representing Bazley, a McDonald’s All-American from Cincinnati, one of his first missions was dissuading the teenager from trying to cast himself as some sort of pioneer.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2018
The unfortunate suggestion was that a goal of military action was dissuading those people from coming to America.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2015
Brent watched them curiously; it seemed to him that Krevin was asking Tansley's advice, and that Tansley was dissuading Krevin from adopting some particular course.
From In the Mayor's Parlour by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
