I don't know whether Father's little speech would have been enough to persuade them by itself.

It means the use of air power to persuade by punishment.

But, later, when persuaded by Ellie, she decided to stay.

I went in persuaded by circumstance and evidence of his guilt.

She hid the poems away for years until finally persuaded by her husband to have them published.

Finally he persuaded the rest of the horses, one by one.

But he is also an inspired playwright who knows how to persuade by laughter.

I'm a little sick of trying to persuade pro-legalizers by statistics and money talk.

We shall best persuade it by the example that we set ourselves.

To his dismay, she turned back to him, looking no more persuaded by his claim than he was.