Persuaded
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And in Sudan, three months of nationwide protests finally
persuaded
the army to oust President Omar al-Bashir.
China also aggressively promoted the renminbi as an international currency, and
persuaded
the International Monetary Fund to include it in the basket of reserve currencies underpinning Special Drawing Rights (the IMF’s unit of account) far sooner than was justified.
And instead of being transparent regarding the origins of COVID-19, China has
persuaded
the WHO to connive with its own obfuscation.
But such a strategy assumes that citizens can be
persuaded
with arguments about constitutional commitments that all democrats ought to share.
Hamilton, whose story is now sung by millions of schoolchildren,
persuaded
the young United States to absorb state debt, pay it back, and build a trustworthy reputation.
'I am very glad I have
persuaded
him to receive Extreme Unction to-morrow,' she said as she sat in her dressing-jacket before her folding-glass and combed her soft fragrant hair with a small comb.
Still, I am very glad I
persuaded
him,' she said, turning her eyes toward her husband from behind her hair.
In spite of his assurances to the contrary she was
persuaded
that he was a Christian, like, and even better than, herself and that all he said about it was one of his funny male whims, like his sayings about her embroidery: that good people darn holes, while she cut holes on purpose... and so on.
The house on her own estate was quite dilapidated, so Levin and his wife
persuaded
her to spend the summer with them.
But again Veslovsky
persuaded
him, and again, the marsh being a narrow one, Levin as a hospitable host remained with the vehicles.
'Oh, here she is!'When she heard that Anna had come Kitty did not wish to appear; but Dolly
persuaded
her.
He came to see him and
persuaded
him to go.
She
persuaded
the Brulé and the Levaque to accompany her; as to Pierronne, she excused herself, saying that she could not leave Pierron, whose illness still continued.
And a more serious rumour circulated: they boasted of having
persuaded
a large number of men to go down again.
Who knows if he might not be
persuaded
to pass over to the people's side!
When she had thus for a while struck the flint on her heart without getting a spark, incapable, moreover, of understanding what she did not experience as of believing anything that did not present itself in conventional forms, she
persuaded
herself without difficulty that Charles's passion was nothing very exorbitant.
Charles, urged by the druggist and by her, allowed himself to be
persuaded.
Binet, who never interfered with other people's business, Madame Lefrancois, Artemise, the neighbours, even the mayor, Monsieur Tuvache—everyone
persuaded
him, lectured him, shamed him; but what finally decided him was that it would cost him nothing.
'At length, M. Chelan
persuaded
me to hand them over to him ...Some of them, written with a little more prudence than the rest, had been sent to you; never once did you answer me.''Never, I swear to you, did I receive any letter from you at the Seminary.'
The Academician had
persuaded
the Marquis to take him as a secretary.
They had
persuaded
her that, in view of all her advantages of birth, fortune, etc., she ought to be happier than other girls.
That evening, immediately upon leaving the prison, she summoned to her aunt's house the priest who had attached himself to Julien as to a prey; as he wished only to acquire a reputation among the young women belonging to the best society of Besancon, Madame de Renal easily
persuaded
him to go and offer a novena at the abbey of Bray-le-Haut.
Not even K. thought him of any importance but it did raise his spirits; he no longer thought it at all necessary that all of those in the hall should applaud him, it was enough if the majority of them began to think about the matter and if only one of them, now and then, was
persuaded.
There were no shouts among them as there had been at the start, no-one even applauded, but if they weren't already
persuaded
they seemed very close to it.
But the woman
persuaded
him by opening the door to the next room.
But you don't want my help anyway, it means nothing to you, you're too stubborn and won't be persuaded."
It was not even out of the question that K. might, after all, be
persuaded
that it would be best to leave his defence to the lawyer and withdraw his dismissal.
His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but his father and sister at first
persuaded
her against it.
"Had I been there to have improved that advantage, we might have turned the table on the Yankees"; saying which he displayed still greater animation in completing his toilet; and he was soon prepared to make his appearance, fully restored to his own good opinion, and fairly
persuaded
that his capture was owing to casualties absolutely beyond the control of man.
The sister was persuaded, by the observant mistress of the mansion, to make one of the party, and she sat by the side of Sarah, differing but little in appearance from that lady, except in refusing the use of powder on her raven locks, and that her unusually high forehead and large, brilliant eyes gave an expression of thoughtfulness to her features, that was possibly heightened by the paleness of her cheek.
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