Persuaded

Examples

• The family don't want her here, and they'll say it's because I've been ill, because I'm a weak old woman, that she's persuaded me. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He persuaded them to start cutting the blocks for the Gospel of St. Matthew. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• With infinite difficulty, for he was stubborn as a stone, I persuaded him to make an exchange in favour of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But still I cannot imagine she would not be persuaded. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Of all the sources of evil surrounding the former, since her coming to Highbury, she was persuaded that she must herself have been the worst. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The next day he persuaded May to escape for a walk in the Park after luncheon. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He had made attempts by letter, more than once already, to be reconciled with my lady, for no other purpose, I am firmly persuaded, than to annoy her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Well, though I may not be able to persuade you into different feelings, you will be persuaded into them, I trust. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• And when I had persuaded her, it was a long time more before we could find an opportunity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It preached Romanism; it persuaded to conversion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• If we allow ourselves to be persuaded to enter the booth we shall find ourselves separated from the stage by a balustrade--a sort of screen, behind which is the curtain. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• She has been indisposed all day, and we have persuaded her to go to bed. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• My uncle was almost persuaded that you were indeed dangerously ill, and could hardly be restrained from undertaking a journey to Ingolstadt. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• You'll be persuaded to stay there; and then what shall I do? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I persuaded him to take a walk this morning. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Jane was anxious that no difference should be perceived in her at all, and was really persuaded that she talked as much as ever. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Impossible, ma'am; nothing of the kind can be contemplated in this town, I am persuaded. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She looks the part, and I am persuaded will do it admirably. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• There he stayed until the Grand Duke Cosimo, who had stood by him, persuaded the Church that Galileo’s health required that he be allowed to join his friends. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The creaking of the masts, the clang of the wheels, the tramp above, all persuaded her that she was already far from the shores of Greece. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And he wouldn't be persuaded by the ladies, wouldn't he? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• That is to say, you once persuaded yourself to believe it, from knowing him to be suspected. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They would have persuaded me I was in purgatory, but I knew too well the pursy short-breathed voice of the Father Abbot. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Seriously, however, she felt tolerably persuaded that all this must have taken place with that gentleman's concurrence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Now, be persuaded: go upstairs and dress yourself smart, and go and take tea, in a friendly way, with Miss Mann or Miss Ainley. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Nay, were your friend Lady Catherine to know me, I am persuaded she would find me in every respect ill qualified for the situation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But Gutenberg could not be persuaded, he preferred to work after his own fashion, and to be responsible only to himself. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Elizabeth was exceedingly pleased with this proposal, and felt persuaded of her sister's ready acquiescence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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