Goodwin had lately moved to North Edgewood and had never before met the urbane and persuasive Mr.
The rest went out immediately; the invitation of the sun and the sea was far too persuasive to be resisted.
These were saved; they had yielded to Christ's persuasive invitation.
In each successive answer, Graham heard a music waxing finer and finer to his sense; in each he found a suggestive, persuasive, magic accent that opened a scarce-known treasure-house within, showed him unsuspected power in his own mind, and what was better, latent goodness in his heart.
" asked Ed, in that persuasive voice of his.
Do, now," he added, with a persuasive nod toward the couch, and a boyish relish in stirring up his lazy brother.
He could venture now to be persuasive and urgent, and his father yielded with more readiness than he had calculated on.
Farebrother was too keen a man not to know the meaning of that reply, and there was a certain massiveness in Lydgate's manner and tone, corresponding with his physique, which if he repelled your advances in the first instance seemed to put persuasive devices out of question.
I was prepared to be persuasive, touching, and hortatory, admonitory and expostulating, if need be vituperative even, indignant and sarcastic; but what the devil does a mentor do when the sinner makes no bones about confessing his sin?
9、Touch someone Touching can reduce stress, improve team performance, and help you be persuasive.
Linda was busy filling out enrollment forms when the registrar looked at me with brown, persuasive eyes and said, "Mrs.
Whether you're needing to explain your value when you are being considered for a promotion, presenting as part of a team project, or speaking on stage, you need to be able to communicate well and convey strong, persuasive ideas.
' Benefits tend to come, research shows, when people simply block out negative thoughts, envision themselves enjoying future successes or take an optimistic view of their abilities-all of which tend to improve performance or persuasive ability.
A group of aerospace engineers in NASA has made a persuasive pitch for an unexpected space-exploration option: Venus.
Reciprocity is frighteningly persuasive.
Reciprocity is frighteningly persuasive.
We found people in a sad mood used more effective persuasive arguments to convince others, were better at understanding ambiguous sentences and better communicated when talking.
The verdict Headlines might have suggested otherwise but the new paper, persuasive though it is, did not prompt a change in the official five-a-day message.
Reciprocity is frighteningly persuasive.
Earlier studies have found that good-looking people are considered more capable, intelligent, persuasive and socially skilled.
