- convince
- 01. My boyfriend is trying to [convince] me to get married, but I don't think that I'm ready.02. My parents are trying to [convince] me to go to university in the fall, but I want to take a year off to travel.03. She was thinking of buying a new car, but her friend [convinced] her to buy a used car instead.04. She [convinced] her mother to let her go abroad to study English.05. The students gave a [convincing] argument for doing their presentations in groups rather than individually.06. The leading actor gave a very [convincing] performance as a man torn between the woman he loved, and the woman he married.07. You will never [convince] me that it was an accident.08. Harry Truman once said, "If you can't [convince] them, confuse them."09. Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you want to win a man to your cause, first [convince] him that you are his sincere friend."10. There is a Greek proverb which states that not speech, but facts, [convince].11. In 1978, the Reverend Jimmy Jones [convinced] or forced 914 of his followers to commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.12. Blaise Pascal once noted that we are usually [convinced] more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.13. I told the kids that they would enjoy themselves at the museum, but they seemed [unconvinced].14. They won the game [convincingly] by a score of 5 - 1.15. Your continued lateness [convinces] me that you are simply not the right person for this job.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.