At election time, one candidate persuaded my father to vote for him.

At age 14, he persuaded his father to invest in a movie and spent the summer on the set.

Colin, she felt sure, would be able to persuade her father to let him stay.

She also played cards with him and often persuaded her father to join in their games of chance.

"I am trying to persuade my father to change all that."

We persuaded your father to speak and try if any voice would be heard.

He's trying to persuade his father to let him try out for football.

Perhaps, the next day, he could persuade his father to take him down to see it.

He tried to persuade his father to have nothing to do with the offer.

"But how can I persuade my father to do anything?"