persuade
verb (used with object)
to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging.
was persuading
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past progressiveof persuade.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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Still, the AI jitters arrived just as Airbnb was persuading investors it deserved its pricey multiple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Harrison says one of his biggest challenges was persuading his sister to take part in the first place.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
The administration said it was persuading, not coercing.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
They had the site for their car-free housing experiment; the next hurdle was persuading Tempe to approve it.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
On the day that Jack Holton was persuading Alec Waterman to thrust himself forward as the people's protagonist, Kirkwood was tightening the screws on the construction company.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Charles Dana Gibson
