Convince

Examples

• You are endeavouring to disarm me by reason, and to convince me against my will. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I feel that we are born to be connected; and those tears convince me that you feel it too, dear Fanny. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It was about as clever as if a man brought home a hungry tiger to convince his wife of her need of him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nor did Dobbin try and convince him that Amelia's happiness was not centred in turtle-soup. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I tried to convince her so, but I didn't succeed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If we convince HIM, we place our victory beyond the possibility of dispute. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• One, he said, of which I could not expect easily to convince others. Plato. The Republic.
• Many were convinced that the end of the world was at hand, and strove to fix their thoughts solely on the world to come. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• That I am convinced of--if only we use the will properly, intelligibly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Fanny was silent; but not from being convinced that there might not be a remedy found for some of these evils. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I was firmly convinced that he ought not to marry you--therefore I tried to dissuade him by all the means in my power. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Convinced of his security from Persia, Pericles spent the war hoard of the allies upon the beautification of his city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If you're quite convinced, that any foolish passion on my part is entirely over, I will wish you good afternoon. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But Isaac soon convinced him of his error. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• End of Penelope's evidence--and very pretty and convincing, too. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And this may be received as a convincing argument for our preceding doctrine with regard to property and justice. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Here again was given a most convincing demonstration of the truth that such an addition to the resources of mankind always carries with it unsuspected benefits even for its enemies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• By these experiments Franklin's theory was established in the most convincing manner. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• His teacher then tried the experiment himself, with a still livelier and more convincing result, whereupon he declared that he would not repeat the trial for the whole Kingdom of France. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This offer to corrupt us, sir, is with me your credential, and convinces me that you are not a private volunteer in your application. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Of this our very feeling convinces us; and beyond our feeling, it is here in vain to reason or dispute. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• We cannot rely, that it is only in one part: For experience convinces us, that every part has the same relish. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.

Typist: Terrence